Metabolic Syndrome and Its Component Factors Among Corporate Company Employees in Kampala Uganda.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of metabolic dysregulations indicative of increased cardiometabolic risk is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study aimed to determine the prevalence of MetS and its components, among corporate employees in Kampala, Uganda.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken among 408 adults who were employees from seven corporate companies in Kampala, using the WHO STEPwise NCD screening approach.

Health-Related Quality of Life Perception Among Older Persons with Non-Communicable Diseases in Primary Healthcare Facilities: A Qualitative Inquiry.

Background: Unveiling the understanding of older persons with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) regarding health well-being is paramount and can translate to increased self-efficiency, independence, and enhanced well-being. However, little is known about older persons' understanding of the concept of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Uganda. The study explored perceptions of older persons with NCDs on HRQoL in central Uganda.

Barriers and facilitators of integrated hepatitis B, C, and HIV screening among pregnant mothers and their newborns attending maternal and newborn clinics in Koboko District, Uganda: A qualitative inquiry of providers' perspective.

Background: HIV and HBV remain significant public health challenges characterized by high prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, especially among women of reproductive age in Uganda. However, both HIV and HBV patients are managed in separate clinics with separate staff even though they all receive ART. Patients with HBV do not receive routine counselling and education, and there are limited resources for laboratory investigation coupled with a high loss to follow-up.

Influence of perceived benefits, barriers and activities of family engagement in care on family nursing practice: A cross-sectional correlational study.

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.

Factors associated with provision of physical activity in primary schools in Makindye Division in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Globally, school-going children spend most of their days at school, sitting in lessons and unable to achieve the daily WHO recommendations for Physical Activity (PA) of at least 60 minutes per day. Limited studies have assessed the opportunities schools provide for PA to help the children achieve their daily recommended PA. We determined the level of and the factors associated with PA offered in primary schools in Makindye Division in Kampala during the school term.

Predictors for adoption of e-learning among health professional students during the COVID-19 lockdown in a private university in Uganda.

Background: During the recent Coronavirus pandemic, many universities realized that the traditional delivery of educational content was not adequate in the context of imposed restrictions. Adoption of e-learning was one obvious way to foster continuity of learning. Despite its rapid implementation during the lockdown in Uganda, it was not known whether health professional students were willing to adopt e-learning as a way to foster continuity of learning.

Polychoric Correlation With Ordinal Data in Nursing Research.

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.

Country-level mentoring for advanced practice nursing: A case study.

Aim: To describe the mentoring process between the ICN Advanced Practice Nurse Network practice subgroup and the University of Pécs to support the emerging advanced practice role in Hungary, and explore the creation of a mentoring algorithm for faculty and other key stakeholders worldwide who wish to develop advanced practice nursing programs.

Background: Advanced practice nurses provide comprehensive clinical care and expand access to care in more than 70 countries. In March of 2017, a representative of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pécs requested assistance in curricula development for the inaugural advanced practice nursing program in Hungary.

The effectiveness of nurse-led group interventions on hypertension lifestyle management: A mixed method study.

Purpose: Hypertension is prevalent in Uganda and achieving treatment goals remains a challenge. Our aim was to assess the impact of a bundled nurse-led intervention on hypertension physiologic measures and lifestyle modification, and to explore perceptions of the interventions to enhance sustainability.

Design And Setting: We employed a sequential explanatory mixed-method design.

The evidence base of nurse-led family interventions for improving family outcomes in adult critical care settings: A mixed method systematic review.

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.

Health Facilities' Readiness to Manage Hypertension and Diabetes Cases at Primary Health Facilities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District, Uganda.

Background: NCDs are the greatest global contributors to morbidity and mortality and are a major health challenge in the 21st century. The global burden of NCDs remains unacceptably high. Access to care remains a challenge for the majority of persons living with NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Predictors of nursing leadership in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

Evidence regarding the role of nurses-in-leadership and how to engage nurses in policy decisions is minimal in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this study was: (1) to assess the leadership practices of nurses-in-leadership in Uganda (by self-report) and from the perspective of 'followers' (direct-report, peers, co-workers, other); and (2) to determine factors (positively) associated with leadership practices. We surveyed 480 nurses, 120 in leadership roles (Response Rate 57%) and 360 'followers' (Response Rate 60%), who were recruited from five hospitals in Kampala, Uganda.

Nursing leadership styles and their impact on intensive care unit quality measures: An integrative review.

Aim: 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.

Assessing Providers' Approach to Hypertension Management at a Large, Private Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

Background: Hypertension is increasingly prevalent in Uganda and its clinical management remains suboptimal across the country. Prior research has elucidated some of the factors contributing to poor control, but little is known about providers' approaches to hypertension management and perceptions of barriers to care. This is particularly true in private health care settings - despite the fact that the private sector provides a substantial and growing portion of health care in Uganda.

Exploring patient experiences with and attitudes towards hypertension at a private hospital in Uganda: a qualitative study.

Background: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and is more common in sub-Saharan Africa than any other region. Work to date confirms that a lack of human and material resources for healthcare access contributes to this gap. The ways in which patients' knowledge and attitudes toward hypertension determine their engagement with and adherence to available care, however, remains unclear.