Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Author "Nakasujja, Noeline"
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Cognitive dysfunction among HIV positive and HIV negative patients with psychosis in Uganda
Nakasujja, Noeline; Allebeck, Peter; Agren, Hans; Musisi, Seggane; Katabira, Elly (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Cognitive impairment is an established phenomenon in HIV infected individuals and patients that have psychosis. However there is need to establish the severity of the impairment if patients are co morbid with ... -
A comparison of the behavioral and emotional disorders of primary school-going orphans and non-orphans in Uganda
Musisi, Segane; Kinyanda, Eugene; Nakasujja, Noeline; Nakigudde, Janet (African Health Sciences, 2007)Background: This study investigated the emotional and behavioral problems of orphans in Rakai District, Uganda, and to suggest interventions. Studies, elsewhere, have shown orphans to have high levels of psychological ... -
Depression and Its relationship to work status and income among HIV clients in Uganda
Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; Akena, Dickens; Okello, Elialilia; Nakasujja, Noeline; Wagner, Glenn J.; Luyirika, Emmanuel; Musisi, Segane (World Journal of AIDS, 2012)Purpose: Despite high levels of depression among persons living with HIV (PLWHIV), little research has investigated the relationship of depression to work status and income in PLWHIV in sub-Saharan Africa, which was the ... -
Depression symptoms and cognitive function among individuals with advanced HIV infection initiating HAART in Uganda
Nakasujja, Noeline; Skolasky, Richard L.; Seggane, Musisi; Allebeck, Peter; Robertson, Kevin; Ronald, Allan; Katabira, Elly; Clifford, David B; Sacktor, Ned (BMC Psychiatry, 2010)Background: Among patients with HIV infection, depression is the most frequently observed psychiatric disorder. The presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive dysfunction among HIV patients has not been well studied in ... -
HIV Subtype D Is Associated with Dementia, Compared with Subtype A, in Immunosuppressed Individuals at Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Kampala, Uganda
Sacktor, Ned; Nakasujja, Noeline; Skolasky, Richard L.; Rezapour, Mona; Robertson, Kevin; Musisi, Seggane; Katabira, Elly; Ronald, Allan; Clifford, David B.; Laeyendecker, Oliver; Quinn, Thomas C. (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009)Background. In the United States, clade B is the predominant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) subtype, whereas in sub-Saharan Africa, clades A, C, and D are the predominant subtypes. HIV subtype may have an impact on ... -
Learning health professionalism at Makerere University: an exploratory study amongst undergraduate students
Baingana, Rhona K.; Nakasujja, Noeline; Galukande, Moses; Omona, Kenneth; Mafigiri, David K.; Sewankambo, Nelson K. (BMC Medical Education, 2010)Background: Anecdotal evidence shows that unprofessional conduct is becoming a common occurrence amongst health workers in Uganda. The development of appropriate professional values, attitudes and behaviors is a continuum ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with use of herbal medicine among women attending an infertility clinic in Uganda
Kaadaaga, Henry Francisco; Ajeani, Judith; Ononge, Sam; Alele, Paul E; Nakasujja, Noeline; Manabe, Yukari C; Kakaire, Othman (BioMed Central, 2014)Abstract Background: Infertility is a public health problem associated with devastating psychosocial consequences. In countries where infertility care is difficult to access, women turn to herbal medicines to achieve ... -
Psychiatric disorders among the elderly on non-psychiatric wards in an African setting
Nakasujja, Noeline; Seggane, Musisi; Walugembe, James; Wallace, Daphne (International Psychogeriatrics, 2007)Background: The elderly are vulnerable to illness and particularly to psychiatric illness. Many mentally ill elderly patients end up on non-psychiatric wards owing to somatization of their illnesses. Even for these ... -
Qualitative study of the influence of antidepressants on the psychological health of patients on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Okello, Elialilia S; Ngo, Victoria K; Ryan, Gerry; Musisi, Seggane; Akena, Dickens; Nakasujja, Noeline; Wagner, Glenn (National Inquiry Services Centre, Taylor & Francis, 2012)The study set out to explore how HIV-positive individuals conceptualise and describe depression and its manifestation in their lives, and how this may change over time in the context of antiretroviral therapy (ART) ... -
Reliability of the Luganda version of the Child Behaviour Checklist in measuring behavioural problems after cerebral malaria
Bangirana, Paul; Nakasujja, Noeline; Giordani, Bruno; Opoka, Robert O.; Chandy, C. John; Boivin, Michael J. (BioMed Central, 2009-12-08)Background: No measure of childhood behaviour has been validated in Uganda despite the documented risks to behaviour. Cerebral malaria in children poses a great risk to their behaviour, however behavioural outcomes after ... -
Second assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa
Robertson, Kevin; Kopnisky, Kathy; Hakim, James; Concepta, Merry; Nakasujja, Noeline; Hall, Collin; Traore, Moussa; Sacktor, Ned; Clifford, David; Newton, Charles; Van Rie, Annelies; Holding, Penny; Clements, Janice; Zink, Christine; Mielke, Jens; Hosseinipour, Mina; Lalloo, Umesh; Amod, Farida; Marra, Christina; Evans, Scott; Jeff, Liner; Participants of the second Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference (Informa Healthcare, 2008)In July of 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (CMHRA) sponsored the second conference on the Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa, which was held in Arusha, ...