Prevalence and incidence of neurological disorders among adult Ugandans in rural and urban Mukono district; a cross-sectional study.

Background: The burden of neurological diseases is increasing in developing countries. However, there is a prominent scarcity of literature on the incidence of neurological diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was therefore undertaken to determine the prevalence and incidence of neurological diseases in this setting to serve as a baseline for planning and care for neurological disorders in Uganda.

Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of stroke: a cross-sectional survey in rural and urban Uganda.

Background: Information regarding the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases such as stroke is largely unknown among the vulnerable communities. This analysis, which is part of a larger U.S.

Community knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in rural and urban Mukono district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The lack of adequate knowledge poses a barrier in the provision of appropriate treatment and care of patients with epilepsy within the community. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy and its treatment by community dwellers in Uganda.

Methods: A cross sectional population survey was conducted in urban and rural Mukono district, central Uganda.

Early mortality and functional outcome after acute stroke in Uganda: prospective study with 30 day follow-up.

Identification of early outcomes post stroke and their predictors is important in stroke management strategies. We prospectively analysed 30-day outcomes (mortality and functional ability) after stroke and their predictors among patients admitted within 7 days post event to a national referral hospital in Uganda. This was a prospective study of acute stroke patients consecutively enrolled between February and July 2014.

Vascular disease of the spine.

Vascular insults to the spinal cord are substantially less common than their corresponding events in the brain; it has been estimated, for example, that spinal cord infarcts make up ≤ 1% of ischemic events in the central nervous system. Although the public health burden of spinal cord injury remains severe, the majority of this burden stems from traumatic rather than vascular events. Still, vascular injuries in the spine are common enough and their consequences devastating enough that a familiarity with the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the more common etiologies is essential to any practitioner of the clinical neurosciences.

Knowledge and Perception of Stroke: A Population-Based Survey in Uganda.

Purpose: This study, designed to complement a large population survey on prevalence of stroke risk factors, assessed knowledge and perception of stroke and associated factors.

Methods: A population survey was conducted in urban Nansana and rural Busukuma, Wakiso district, central Uganda. Adult participants selected by multistage stratified sampling were interviewed about selected aspects of stroke knowledge and perception in a pretested structured questionnaire.