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Psychiatric disorders among the elderly on non-psychiatric wards in an African setting
(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 ...
Prevalence and factors associated with Hepatitis B Infection among health care workers in Mulago Hospital
(2003)
Hepatitis B infection is a world wide health problem; however, the biggest burden is in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given the parental mode of transmission of HB Virus, health care workers (HCW) are at a special risk of acquiring ...
Association between HSV-2 and HIV serostatus in pregnant women of known HIV serostatus attending Mulago Hospital antenatal clinic, Kampala, Uganda
(Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens, 2009-11)
Background: Studies show that STIs such as HSV-2 increase the probability of HIV-1 acquisition and enhance transmission by increasing susceptibility and infectiousness respectively. The objective of this study was to compare ...
Domestic violence among women seeking pos-abortion care
(Elsevier, 2001-07)
Domestic violence victims are unlikely to make contraception choices [1], may have unplanned unwanted pregnancies [2], and thus resort to abortion [1,2]. Probably, many women with abortion complications are victims. The ...
Prevalence, clinical features and outcome of Camq-defined delirium among medical admissions to the Medical Emergency Ward of Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2008-01)
BACKGROUND: Delirium is a complex neuro-psychiatric syndrome with an acute onset and fluctuating course, which is a medical emergency associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Despite its common occurance, ...
Mental Disorders Among Children Admitted to Mulago Hospital: Prevalence, Types of Disorder and Associated Factors
(2004)
Mental Illnesses among Children admitted on general wards are a frequent but often unidentified problem. The Literature suggests 20-29% prevalence among the general child clinic populations. There is a paucity of Literature ...
Poverty, life events and the risk for depression in Uganda
(Springer-Verlag, 2009-11-16)
Background: Understanding the determinants of major depression in sub-Saharan Africa is important for planning effective intervention strategies. Objective: To investigate the social and life-event determinants of major ...
Prevalence and factors associated with brucellosis in humans and animals in Kajiado county, Kenya
(Makerere University, 2009-11-06)
Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the world’s most widespread zoonosis. It is caused by gram-negative bacilli of the genus Brucella. A strategy for brucellosis control would greatly benefit from detailed knowledge of ...