Publications by authors named "Diresibachew Haile Wondimu"
Improving struggling medical and nursing students' subjective vitality, school engagement and academic performance through a peer mentorship intervention programme: an intervention protocol.
BMC Med Educ
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study addresses the challenges faced by struggling medical and nursing students by implementing a peer mentorship strategy to enhance their well-being, self-determination, school connectedness, and academic performance.
- Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research will evaluate the impact of this mentorship intervention on students’ subjective vitality, school engagement, and academic records based on two cumulative continuous assessment test (CAT) scores.
- Aimed at filling knowledge gaps in Nigeria and Rwanda, the research will contribute valuable insights into effective interventions for improving the experiences of low-performing medical and nursing students.
A Comparative Study of Hematological Parameters of Endurance Runners at Guna Athletics Sport Club (3100 Meters above Sea Level) and Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy (2400 Meters above Sea Level), Ethiopia.
J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp)
November 2021
Introduction: Endurance running performance is dependent upon hematological, physiological, anthropometrical, diet, genetic, and training characteristics. Increased oxygen transport and efficiency of tissue in extracting oxygen are the major determinants to competitions that require endurance. Thus, altitude training is often employed to increase blood oxygen-carrying capacity to improve sea-level endurance performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hematological abnormalities are common in HIV positive patients. Of these, thrombocytopenia is a known complication which has been associated with a variety of bleeding disorders. However, its magnitude and related factors have not been well-characterized in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anemia is the most common hematological abnormality in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients and a significant predictor of its progression to AIDS or death. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV positive patients attending Black Lion Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from January to April, 2017 in Black Lion Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.