African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of autism among children attending primary and secondary schools in south east Nigeria.
The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence and socio-economic determinants of autism among children attending primary and secondary schools in South East, Nigeria. ⋯ The prevalence of autism was 2.9%; and the socio-economic characteristics of childhood autism in South East Nigeria are similar to those in other parts of the world.
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
ReviewA systematic review of factors affecting energy intake of adolescent girls.
Adolescence is considered a critical period marked by an increase in energy intake to meet the body's physiological needs especially during puberty. This study reviews existing literature and critically analyses factors associated with eating habits and energy intake of adolescent girls. ⋯ There is a dire need to consider factors associated with EI when designing nutritional intervention programs to prevent health problems in adulthood. The goal is not to change behavior of all but to increase the percentage of people adopting healthier lifestyle.
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
Factors associated with community-acquired urinary tract infections among adults attending assessment centre, Mulago Hospital Uganda.
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common medical problem affecting the general population and thus commonly encountered in medical practice, with the global burden of UTIs at about 150 million people. Because uropathogens largely originate from colonic flora, they are easy to predict, and this is the rationale for empirical treatment in Community Acquired-UTI (CA-UTIs). With the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria among adults with CA-UTI in Uganda, it is no longer adequate to manage CA-UTIs on empiric regimen without revising the susceptibility patterns of common CA-UTI causative agents. Thus in this study we set out to identify: The factors associated with CA-UTIs, the common uropathogens and the drug sensitivity patterns of the common uropathogens cultured. ⋯ There are known factors associated with CA-UTIs such as age, female sex. There was generally high sensitivity to nitrofurantoin and gentamycin by most of the uropathogens isolated, and high resistance to the common antibiotics such as nalidixic acid and erythromycin thus a need for a bigger study that can be used to effect the change of the current recommendations in the Uganda Clinical Guidelines as regards empirical management of CA-UTIs.
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
Sonographic assessment of the portal vein diameter in apparently healthy adults in a Northern Nigerian population.
Sonography is a valuable tool in the assessment of porto-systemic pathologies. This study aimed at determining the mean portal vein diameter based on age, gender and anthropometric variables. ⋯ This study found the mean values of PV diameter in apparently healthy adults in our environment to be 9.60 ± 1.41mm and that PV diameter positively correlates with anthropometric variables.
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialEffect of individualized diabetes education for type 2 diabetes mellitus: a single-center randomized clinical trial.
To evaluate the effect of individualized education for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). ⋯ Individualized diabetes education is more effective than group education in facilitating the control of type 2 diabetes.