Estimated prevalence and gender disparity of physical activity among 64,127 in-school adolescents (aged 12-17 years): A multi-country analysis of Global School-based Health Surveys from 23 African countries.

The Africa sub-region currently lacks quantitative normative data to illustrate the extent of burden and gender inequities of physical activity level in order to inform policy and education, towards meeting the WHO's 2030 physical activity milestone. The study aimed to provide insights on the current prevalence of sufficient physical activity and gender disparity, using a nationally representative data from the Global School-based student Health Survey (GSHS) from 23 African countries. The study used the multi-country GSHS data from 23 African countries (2003-2017).

Physiotherapy practice patterns in the management of patients with knee osteoarthritis: A national survey on the use of clinical practice guidelines.

Background And Purpose: Most published clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) endorsed therapeutic exercises, education, and body weight management as the gold standard for managing knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, it is difficult to ascertain whether the physiotherapy practice pattern in Ghana uniformly conforms to the generally accepted standard. Our aim was to describe the patterns of physiotherapists' practice with respect to Knee OA in a low-resource setting.

Feasibility and reliability of measuring muscle stiffness in Parkinson's Disease using MyotonPRO device in a clinical setting in Ghana.

Objectives: To examine the feasibility and within-session reliability of Myoton technology to measure muscle stiffness objectively in people with Parkinson's disease in an outpatient setting.

Design: An exploratory quantitative study design was used.

Setting: The study was conducted in the outpatient physiotherapy department of a Teaching Hospital in Ghana.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on acute stroke admissions and case-fatality rate in lower-income and middle-income countries: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: The current review primarily aims to ascertain the impact of COVID-19 on stroke admission as well as stroke case fatality in Low-income and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

Methods And Analysis: Four international databases (PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, African Journals Online, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature) and one preprint database (medRxiv). Studies will be included if they are conducted in LMICs, all stroke types without age and language restriction, from December 2019 to 31 December 2021.

Estimating the burden of hypertension and its significant risk factors among male commercial drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The study was designed to assess the burden and significant risk factors among male commercial drivers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data Sources: Medline via PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane databases and were searched from January 2010 to December 2020.

Risk factors for 30-day in-hospital mortality for in-patient with stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: While individual studies have reported on in-hospital stroke mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the estimates are highly variable and inconclusive, buttressing the need for precise and reliable estimations. To overcome these inconsistencies, a well-structured systematic review and meta-analytical models are necessary. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no published systematic review and meta-analysis on risk factors for 30-day mortality for in-hospital patients with stroke in SSA.

A qualitative assessment of perceived barriers to effective therapeutic communication among nurses and patients.

Background: Therapeutic communication is essential in the provision of quality healthcare to patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived barriers to effective therapeutic communication among patients and nurses at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital,Kumasi.

Methods: An exploratory study design was employed using a qualitative approach.