School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.): Recent submissions
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Prevalence and factors associated with missed opportunities for tuberculosis diagnosis among children under 15 years attending Kitgum General Hospital Outpatient Department
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Childhood TB remains a leading cause of death globally. In 2020, 1.1 million children fell ill with TB, but only 36.5% were reported to the WHO. An estimated 3 million TB cases are missed annually by healthcare ... -
Cerebral dominace and side of stroke among patients attending Neuro-Clinics in Uganda: A cross sectional study of Mulago and Kirudu National Referral Hospitals
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Non-dominant hemispheric strokes have been associated with more severe stroke, longer recovery time and much slower return of functional activity compared to the dominant side. During activity Functional MRI ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among head and neck cancer patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute Mulago
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Undernutrition is a major source of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. These patients are susceptible to nutritional depletion due to the physical and metabolic effects of cancer, as well as anticancer ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with non-screening of siblings of children attending the Sickle Cell Clinic of Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited hemoglobinopathy caused by an abnormal Haemoglobin S and is characterized by recurrent pain episodes and chronic anemia, progressive organ damage, and poor ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum Haemorrhage among Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected women delivered at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background PPH is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Uganda and globally. In Uganda some studies have investigated HIV infection as a risk factor for PPH but very few of these studies have been conducted in ... -
Utilization of postnatal services among postpartum mothers at Kawempe national referral hospital, Uganda. A study of attendance patterns at 24 hours, 6 days and 6 Weeks post partum
(Makerere University, 2024-07)Introduction: The postnatal care (PNC) is care given to the mother and her newborn baby immediately after birth and for the first 42 days of life. This allows women to discuss with their providers healthy behaviors such ... -
Mammographic findings and BI-RADS concordance in women attending a community outreach program in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: The incidence and mortality of breast cancer in Uganda are on the rise. The Improving Breast Cancer Care Coordination (IBCCC) program was initiated to bring breast cancer screening and diagnostic services ... -
Utilization and factors associated with family-based index case testing for paediatric and adolescent HIV diagnosis in Mukono General Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Children in resource-limited settings remain undiagnosed and at substantial risk for HIV/AIDS-related mortality and morbidity. Identification of HIV-positive children is critical to their survival. Family-based ... -
Health facility preparedness for provision of maternal health services to women with disability in Wakiso District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: In Uganda, the prevalence of people with disabilities is 16.5% of the total population with women accounting for more than half of the number. Women with disability continue to encounter barriers in accessing ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with treatment abandonment among children undergoing cancer therapy at Uganda Cancer Institute.
(Makerere University, 2024-09-02)Background: Treatment abandonment (TA) is a major contributor to treatment failure and poor treatment outcomes for children with cancer in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there is limited literature on ... -
Prevalence, factors associated and coping mechanisms of low self-esteem among adolescents with sickle cell disease attending Mulago National Referral Hospital Sickle Cell Clinic
(Makerere University, 2024-09-11)Background: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic disorder affecting about 112 per 100,000 live births globally, with adolescents being a vulnerable population. Beyond the physical symptoms, SCD has a profound ... -
Adolescent mothers' experiences and support needs during the care of their preterm babies at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2024-09-12)Background: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admission following preterm delivery is associated with physical and emotional challenges to mothers due to the uncertainty of neonatal outcomes and prolonged duration of ... -
Survival rate and determinants among extremely low birth weight Preterms at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-08-28)Introduction: The magnitude of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) preterm survival is unknown in Uganda and yet preterm related complications are a major contributor to neonatal mortality in the country. The neonatal period ... -
Trends of new onset type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among children at Mulago and Nsambya Diabetes Clinics: Pre and during the COVID 19 era, a six-year experience.
(Makerere University, 2024-09-11)Background: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is one of the most common chronic and debilitating diseases in pediatric age, but few studies on its epidemiology exist, especially in low-income countries. Recently, there has ... -
Poor functional performance and associated factors among Cerebral Palsy children with Epilepsy attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-09-11)Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occured in the developing ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of acute kidney injury among preterm neonates admitted at the special care unit of Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common conditions among neonates hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and is known to be associated with short- and long-term complications. Preterm ... -
Determinants and barriers of time to initiation of anti-tuberculosis treatment among children under 15 years at a Primary Health Care Center in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Globally, it is estimated that 1,200,000 children under 15 years developed tuberculosis disease and this accounted for 12% of the global disease burden in 2019. The WHO reports that the diagnosis of TB in ... -
Uptake and completion of tuberculosis preventive therapy, facilitators and barriers among children and adolescents with HIV at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Children and adolescents contribute 12% to the global TB burden each year. People living with HIV (PLHIV) are 20-37 times more likely to develop active TB disease from latent TB. Prevention of TB among children ... -
Health workers' knowledge, attitude and practices regarding guidelines for misoprostol use during induction of labor at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Globally, up to 33% of deliveries involve induction of labor, with misoprostol being used in 14.5-15.8% of these cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) supports the use of misoprostol for this purpose, and ... -
Performance evaluation of Fujilam in diagnosis of tuberculosis in children under 5 years with presumptive tuberculosis in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children remains challenging due to the paucibacillary nature of the disease, non-specific symptoms of TB, and difficulty in collecting samples from the lower respiratory tract ...