Tek Bahadur Thapa, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Md. Akhter Hossain, Ariful Bari Chowdhury, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Sanjana Zaman & G. U. Ahsan·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, natural disaster, accident, or sexual assault. Though several recent studies have focused on PTSD, its sta...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36819
Background: Tobacco chewing and smoking is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in developed and developing countries. It decreases the sensitivity of taste receptors which in turn leads to altered taste receptors response and changes in salivary flow rate (SF...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36522
James Avoka Asamani, Abdul-Majeed Ahmed, Hamza Ismaila, Francis Abande Akugri, Fidelis Atibila & Margaret Chebere·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
This study examined the level of motivation of health workers in a rural hospital in Ghana and the factors affecting it. A cross sectional survey was employed to study one hundred (100) health professionals who consented to participate in the study. The results show that on a 10-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36723
Aims: To compare the effect of spontaneous voiding of urine to the different durations of the urethral catheter following elective caesarean section. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and department of microbiolo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34416
Introduction: Maternal mortality is a global public health challenge; developing regions account for approximately 99% (302,000) of the global maternal deaths in 2015, and sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for roughly 66% (201,000), followed by South Asia (66,000). Birth prepared...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36705
Mohammad Mazani, Hassan Argani, Nadereh Rashtchizadeh, Shokofeh Banaei, Babak Kazemi Arbat & Lotfollah Rezagholizadeh·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Objectives: Zinc is an important trace element in human nutrition and its deficiency is a worldwide problem. Zinc deficiency incidence is predominantly high in many diseases such as ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) patients undertaking hemodialysis (HD). Beside, hypertension and ca...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35265
Background: Visual field assessment is very important for the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma. Anxiety may affect the quality of a patient’s performance when undergoing these assessment tests and influence the reliability of visual field measurement. Methods: A total of 155...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36396
Jean-de-Dieu Tamokou, Yvette Alvine Tonleu Guimtsop, Martin Ernest Ndebi, Vanessa Linda Nzesseu, Arsène Kamamo Djokge & Jules-Roger Kuiate·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Aims: Growing evidence suggests that certain extragastric diseases were associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of H. pylori Ig G antibody and risk factors among hypertensive patients at Dschang District Hospital in Cameroon...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36249
Background: Nigeria is a densely populated nation with a high prevalence of communicable diseases and increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, a manifestation of the “double burden of disease” concept. This is partly due to poor healthcare delivery system. Nigerians ha...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36658
Objectives: Validation of mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) as a rapid easy marker of left ventricle (LV) systolic function in general, and as an independent predictor of systolic function and mortality among patients with septic shock. Background: Sepsis-induced my...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36145
Oladeji Saheed Busari, Saheed Opeyemi Usman, Ndumiso Tshuma, Olusola John Fatunmbi, Ibiwumi Nafisat Usman & Afusat Adesina·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Breast cancer is the commonest of all cancers and a leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide, a situation that can be predicated upon by knowledge inadequacies and fundamental cancer prevention strategies. This study was therefore carried out to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36472
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is greater than expected all over the world and it is linked to many health and disease conditions. Aim of the Work: Our work aimed to study the relation between serum level of vitamin D 25( OH ) and lipid parameters. Patients and Methods: This st...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36086
Herbs are used the world over for culinary purposes and treating a host of ailments including mental disorders. Hence, this study was aimed at assessing the effects of curry plant (Murraya koenigii), commonly used as spice, on anxiety in mice. Twenty CD1 mice (body weight 21.5 g...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36294
Aims: Supervisory managers are key to ensuring that hospitals are effective, and they also contribute to employee satisfaction in the workplace. There is inadequate knowledge regarding their competences, skills and skill gaps. The study aimed to determine supervisory managers’ se...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36023
Aim: Although infertility rates have been escalating in the past few years, there are very few studies directed towards its investigation, especially for males in the region of Ahmedabad, India. Hence the present study was aimed at identifying polymorphisms in the protamine genes...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35811