Publications by authors named "Nalubwama Haddy"
Article Synopsis
- A study in Uganda is set to evaluate a decentralized care approach for RHD using a digital application to enhance SAP adherence compared to traditional centralized methods, involving 150-200 patients from local health centers.
- The research has ethical approval and emphasizes voluntary participation, aiming to identify barriers and facilitators in the decentralized care model to improve its integration into the public healthcare system.
Introduction: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is associated with negative physical, social, psychological, and sexual experiences. There is paucity of data in low and middle income countries like Uganda. The purpose of this study was to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for POP from 2007 to 2016.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Epilepsy is associated with stigma and negatively impacts the lives of people living with epilepsy (PLWE) and their immediate families. More understanding of the stigma and discrimination experienced by PLWE in sub-Saharan Africa is needed.
Methods: In a cross-sectional, mixed methods study, forty- eight PLWE who met the study inclusion criteria were enrolled.
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the past three decades, but it remains endemic in many lower-resourced regions and can have significant costs to households. The objective of this study was to quantify the economic burden of RHD among Ugandans affected by RHD. This was a cross-sectional cost-of-illness study that randomly sampled 87 participants and their households from the Uganda National RHD registry between December 2018 and February 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Epilepsy is a common neurological disease with substantial impact on the subject and their caretakers. This exploratory study identified barriers to care for persons living with epilepsy (PLWE) to develop a culturally acceptable nurse led self-management intervention for PLWE previously developed in the United States.
Methods: The study involving 48 participants (31 PLWE and 17 caregivers) with in depth interviews and focus groups was conducted.
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a leading cause of premature mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Women of reproductive age are a unique and vulnerable group of RHD patients, due to increased risk of cardiovascular complications and death during pregnancy. Yet, less than 5% of women of childbearing age with RHD in LMICs use contraceptives, and one in five pregnant women with RHD take warfarin despite known teratogenicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Stroke risk and stroke burden are increasing in Sub Saharan Africa. Qualitative analysis was used to assess perceived barriers to stroke recovery and prevention in an urban/suburban Ugandan population in order to refine and implement a promising nurse and peer-led self-management intervention previously conducted in the United States.
Methods: In depth nterviews and focus groups were conducted with 48 participants (stroke survivors, caretakers, and those at risk for stroke.
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cause of heart disease among Ugandans age 15 to 49 years. Secondary prophylaxis with monthly injection of benzathine penicillin is effective in preventing recurrence of acute rheumatic fever and worsening of RHD, but adherence rates are poor in Uganda.
Objectives: This study sought to identify health behaviors, attitudes, and health care system factors that influence adherence to RHD secondary prophylaxis.