Parcourir Medical Theses and Dissertations par titre
Voici les éléments 732-751 de 957
-
Prevalence of pyschiatric disorders in HIV positive patients at Chilenje Clinic in Lusaka Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2015)Psychiatric disorders occur frequently in people living with HIV. Most of them go undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the negative consequences they have on HIV spread, progression and management. The aim of the ... -
Prevalence of schistosomiasis in Mbala district, Northern province, Zambia.
(2013-02-15)ABSTRACT Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosome. According to data reviewed, Mbala District has been experiencing a number of people suffering from Bilharzia from 1999 to ... -
The prevalence of suicidal ideation and its psychological determinants among people living with HIV and AIDS attending ART clinic at Adult Centre of Excellence University Teaching Hospital
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Suicidal ideation has long been associated with HIV infected populations worldwide. It has been found that HIV does not only attack the immune system of an individual but also the nervous system leading to psychological ... -
Prevalence of undescended testes in a group of deceased adults at the University Teaching Hospital,in Lusaka: a postmortem based study
(The University of Zambia, 2016)This study aimed at establishing the prevalence of undescended testes (UDT) among deceased males, 18 years of age and older, formerly resident in Lusaka. During a 6 month period in 2014, 384 deceased men aged between 18 ... -
Prevalence rate of chloroquine-resistant malaria and its associated factors in some boarding schools in the Eastern Province of Zambia
(2012-08-20)Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in many endemic countries of sub-Saharan African of morbidity affecting all age groups. Malaria incidence rates have tripled over the past 23 years from 1976 to 1999 ... -
Prevalence, clinical presentation and risk factors pf ocluar trauma at the University Teaching Hospital Eye Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2019)The eye is an external organ, and so it is easy to injure. For this reason, eye injuries are common among people all over the world It is re ported that up to 20% of adult population has had ocular trauma at some point ... -
The Prevalence, Determinants and Outcome of Women with Unitended Pregnancies Delivering at the University Teaching Hospital
(2014-02-11)Pregnancy intention at the time of conception has an impact on the wellbeing and health of the mother and newborn. A hospital-based study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka to estimate the proportion ... -
Prevalence, intensity and factors associated with soil transmitted helminths infection among children in Chililabombwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia: Cross sectional study
(The University of Zambia, 2019)Soil transmitted helminths (STH) are among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of Poverty. They are a common type of parasitic infections in the world, caused by three main species commonly known as roundworms, whipworms ... -
Prevelance of asymptomatic bacteria in pregnant women at women and newborn hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, common causative microbes and their drug sensitivity patterns.
(The University of Zambia, 2021)Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a significant number of bacteria in the urine (2 consecutive specimens with isolation of at least 100,000 colony-forming units (CFU) per mL of the same bacterial species) that occurs without ... -
The prevelance of intraventricular hamorrhage and associated risk factors in preterm neonates with birth weight of 1.5 KG and below admitted to the Neonatal intensive care unit at the University Teaching Hospital,lusaka,Zambia
(2012-10-15)Background Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is a condition associated with prematurity and is related to bleeding in the capillary network of the germinal matrix of the developing brain. IVH puts these preterm neonates ... -
Prevelence of Liver Disease in Schistosoma Mansoni Infection in Siavonga District of Zambia
(2012-06-12)The Siavonga District in the Southern Province has one of the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis in Zambia. The objective of this community based cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of liver disease ... -
Prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa district
(2011)This is a quantitative descriptive cross sectional study on knowledge, attitudes and practices of care takers towards prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa District. The study was conducted ... -
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV: Data Quality Assessment in Selected Health Facilities of the Southern Region of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background: Although substantial investments have been made in Zambia to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services, the quality of patient data recording and reporting remains a challenge. ... -
Prior camp experiences and stress related to post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD)among refugees at Maheba refugee settlement in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Traumatic experiences can have devastating impact on the victim, altering their physical, emotional, cognitive and social aspects of life. They can lead to the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), an anxiety ... -
Problems encountered by immediate families in caring for children affected with sickle cell disease.University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-07-25)Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic incurable genetic blood disorder that affects the Haemoglobin (Hb) within the Red Blood Cell (RBC).The disease affects millions of people throughout the world and is one of the most ... -
Problems encountered by immediate families in caring for children affected with sickle cell disease.University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-01-24)Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic incurable genetic blood disorder that affects the Haemoglobin (Hb) within the Red Blood Cell (RBC).The disease affects millions of people throughout the world and is one of the most ... -
Profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka
(2012-08-02)A hospital based descriptive, prospective study on the profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka was carried out in the Department ... -
A profile of community based acute poisoning and its associated mortality at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka in 2015
(The University of Zambia, 2017)ABSTRACT Background: Acute poisoning remains a common method employed for suicide worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 0.3 million people die every year worldwide due to various poisoning agents. ... -
Prospective cohort study of the effect of urethral stricture aetiology on the short-term outcomes of patients treated with urethral dilatation at the University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)The aetiology of urethral strictures is an important predictor of the course of urethral stricture disease as it influences the choice of treatment of a particular stricture and subsequently affects the outcomes of treatment. ... -
Prospective cohort study on thirty day outcome of perforation peritonitis at the University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2019)Perforation peritonitis is a common surgical emergency seen by surgeons; it remains a life threatening condition with high morbidity and mortality. At the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH), the morbidity for gastro-duodenal ...