Publications by authors named "Frank Kiwanuka"
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is an increasing concern amongst medical students. There is a dearth of publications regarding how the occurrence of LBP impact medical trainees' career decisions.
Objective: To determine: (i) the point and annual prevalence of LBP amongst Ugandan medical students, (ii) its associated factors, and (iii) whether the experience of LBP during clinical rotations influence medical students' career choices regarding medical practice.
Purpose: To explore the essential elements of patient education methods for promoting resilience among adult cancer patients.
Methods: The PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL and PsycInfo databases were searched fromJanuary 2010 to April 2021. The outcome of interest was resilience.
Aims: To describe nurses' perceptions of family nursing practice and to explore the influence of their perceptions of the benefits, barriers and activities of family engagement in care on family nursing practice.
Design: A cross-sectional correlational study.
Methods: In total, 460 nurses from two tertiary hospitals in the central region of Uganda participated.
Background: Measures in nursing research frequently use Likert scales that yield ordinal data. Confirmatory factor analysis using Pearson correlations commonly applies to such data, although this violates ordinal scale assumptions.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to illustrate the application of polychoric correlations and polychoric confirmatory factor analysis as a valid alternative statistical approach using data on family members' perceived support from nurses as an exemplar.
Objective: To review the evidence on the economic evaluations of workplace-based interventions that are designed to reduce prolonged periods of occupational sitting.
Design: An integrative review.
Data Sources: The search was conducted in 11 databases, including PubMed, Scopus, PsychINFO, NHS-EED, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ProQuest, Cochrane library, Sportdiscus, Research Paper in Economics (RePeC), the International Health Economic Association (IHEA) and EconLit.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the consequences of a patient's admission to critical care settings, causing families to face more psychosocial issues than in previous years. Thus, nurses and other clinicians need to keep abreast of interventions that support the families of critical care patients.
Objective: To provide evidence of nurse-led family interventions and their family outcomes in adult critical care settings.
Background: HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections are responsible for a significant burden of mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing countries. This study sought to determine the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C among injecting drug users in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
Methods: This review conforms to the Preferred Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement.
Increased access to reliable medical oxygen would reduce the global burden of pneumonia. Oxygen concentrators have been shown to be an effective solution, however they have significant drawbacks when used in low-resource environments where pneumonia burden is the heaviest. Low quality grid power can damage oxygen concentrators and blackouts can prevent at-risk patients from receiving continual oxygen therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric cancer is the second commonest cause of death among all cancers and the fifth most common cancer in the world. The number of deaths due to gastric cancer is about 723,000 annually. It is more common in men compared to women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To examine the impact of nursing leadership styles on intensive care unit quality measures.
Background: Evidence on the impact of leadership styles has direct implications for building and strengthening leadership behaviours that foster quality nursing care in intensive care units.
Evaluation: An integrative review approach was adopted.
Aim: Despite remarkable theoretical evidence of positive outcomes of patient and family-centred care, it is rarely performed in the intensive care setting. The aim of this review was to assess the barriers to patient and family-centred care among healthcare providers, patients and family members in adult intensive care units.
Design: A systematic review of both qualitative and quantitative studies.
Aim: Dysmenorrhoea presents as pain associated with menstruation. It is often an issue discussed privately, yet it continues to affect girls and women with grave impact on their education, social activities and work. This study sought to assess the factors associated with dysmenorrhoea among female students aged 18-45 years in three selected universities in Kampala Capital city, Uganda.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Admission to Intensive Care Units (ICU) exposures family members to a new environment, advanced monitoring systems and aggressive treatments. This is coupled with the critical condition of the patient being admitted in ICU. In such times of stress and crisis, families have varying experiences as they navigate the ICU journey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBarriers Associated With Evidence-Based Practice Among Nurses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
Worldviews Evid Based Nurs
February 2019
Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is both a goal and an approach that requires a combination of clinical experience with the most credible recent research evidence when making decisions in healthcare practice. The approach has been widely embraced; however, an evidence-to-practice gap still exists.
Aim: To assess barriers to EBP among nurses in low- and middle-income countries.
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of adults on epilepsy in Erute South County, Lira District, Uganda.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in rural Erute South County. Two hundred seventeen of 220 randomly selected adults 18 years or older participated in the study.