African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Evaluation of thoracic inlet view plain radiograph in the management of patients with goitre.
Thoracic inlet view radiograph is an investigation for assessing patients with goitre in many centres in the sub-Saharan-region. However, there is paucity of information on its usefulness in the diagnosis of retrosternal goitre (RSG) and in planning for thyroidectomy. ⋯ It is a useful study for screening patients with goitre for retrosternal extension, however it could not be used to determine the need for extra-cervical surgical access during thyroidectomy.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Application of joint modeling on the determinants of TB Status and CD4 cell count among antiretroviral therapy attendants in Gondar teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia.
East African regions were highly affected by tuberculosis and the human immunodeficiency virus. The main objective was to identifying the associated factors with tuberculosis and CD4 cell count of patients in Gonder teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia. ⋯ The patient who has other diseases is 5.04 more likely to be co-infected with HIV and TB diseases. And also, the estimated odds of being co-infected in both diseases were increased by 1.14 and 1.05 times when a unit change in weight and hemoglobin respectively. Moreover, the estimated odd of patients who have no other related disease were 51.13% less likely to be co-infected with both diseases.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
An investigation of the relationship between female university students' breast cancer risk factors and their health beliefs about breast self-examination.
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between female university students' breast cancer risk factors and their health beliefs about breast self-examination (BSE). ⋯ Results showed that although female university students had some risk factors in terms of breast cancer, they have low levels of perceived risk factors for themselves.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Mobile phone intervention to reduce dropout from treatment at an outpatient mental health service for older people in Nigeria.
Half of older Africans drop out of treatment after a single contact with biomedical mental health services. ⋯ Mobile phone call reminders improved treatment engagement in this population. Findings are important for policy to improve access to mental healthcare in Africa.