A pilot of a chronic disease self-management programme in Moldova (Publications)
mean score of 5.3 to 8.3; t(58) = -12.2, p < 0.001), they also improved their knowledge on every individual item on how to manage a chronic disease (p < 0.001). Participants’ satisfaction was high, with
Incidence of cough from acute exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Madagascar: a pilot study (Publications)
frequency (IRR = 1.21; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.44) and was not significant with a two-hour lag (IRR = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.71, 1.23). This study demonstrates the feasibility of objective PM2.5 and cough monitoring in
Burden of chronic pain among adult pastoralists in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional household survey (Publications)
self-reported by 17.0% (95% CI: 10.8-25.7) of male and 34.7% (95% CI: 28.4-41.5) of female adult pastoralists. The prevalence of chronic pain increased with age from 5.4% (95% CI: 0.8-30.1; 18-34 years)
A pilot of a chronic disease self-management programme in Moldova (Publications)
mean score of 5.3 to 8.3; t(58) = -12.2, p < 0.001), they also improved their knowledge on every individual item on how to manage a chronic disease (p < 0.001). Participants’ satisfaction was high, with
Early target attainment with continuous infusion meropenem and piperacillin/tazobactam and utilization of therapeutic drug monitoring in critically... (Publications)
and 100.7 mg/L (IQR, 64.0-160.2), respectively. Pharmacological target was attained in 95.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 91.7-98.1) of patients receiving meropenem and 77.0% (95% CI, 62.7-87.9) treated
Clonal expansion of artemisinin-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Uganda is associated with substandard treatment practices (Publications)
emergence (0% vs 6.2%) of a unique K13 haplotype (C469Y). Post–RAS, this mutation was more frequently observed in patients sampled 28-days after RAS treatment (OR = 3.9, 95% CI 1.7, 9.5, p= 0.002) of whom
Prenatal depression severity and postpartum care utilization in a medicaid population (Publications)
visit compared with women with a severe prenatal depression diagnosis (adjusted odds ratio = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.65-1.19). However, this finding was not statistically significant. Conclusions: Our study did
Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of PanbioTM Abbott SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test for the detection of COVID-19 from suspects attending ALERT... (Publications)
patients was 79.4% (95% CI 68.3-90). The Abbot RDT and RT-PCR had a Kappa value of agreement of 0.735 (p < 0.001). These values were acceptable when compared to the WHO's suggested thresholds. CONCLUSION:
Effects of contact with a dog on prefrontal brain activity: a controlled trial (Publications)
03-3.53, p < .001). Oxygenated hemoglobin concentration was 0.80 mumol/l higher in the dog condition compared to in the control condition (CI = 0.27-1.33, p = .004). Deoxygenated-hemoglobin concentration
Estimating baseline rates of adverse perinatal and neonatal outcomes using a facility-based surveillance approach: a prospective observational study... (Publications)
Neonatal infection and neonatal death rates varied between 1·8-73 and 0-59·9/1000 livebirths respectively while stillbirth rates ranged between 0-57·1/1000 total births across study sites. Results from the sensitivity
