ABSTRACT Breast cancer has been identified as a leading malignancy and one of the most common causes of hospital admission among women. According to hospital records at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital most women visiting the breast clinic delay their presentation of breast cancer symptoms. This study therefore examined the health seeking behaviour and late presentation among patients with breast cancer visiting the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. A descriptive quantitative study was employed. ...
ABSTRACT Globally, the devastation that befalls women diagnosed of breast cancer remains inestimable. Early detection remains a major effective approach that should be employed to combat the disease. The issue of concern, however, is whether women in the rural underserved areas are aware of these early detection methods. This study was designed to assess rural women’s awareness and knowledge of breast cancer and their screening practices. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study ut...
ABSTRACT Background: A palliative care and Hospice service is a neglected aspect of medical discipline especially in a developing country like Nigeria. With the global increase in incidence of cancer and HIV/A IDS and 70% of them presenting late, coupled with limited resources, for effective symptom control, palliative care therefore remains the only option left to improve the quality of life of the patients Objective: To assess the, knowledge and attitudes of patients and their relations to...
ABSTRACT Patient advocacy plays a critical role in promoting patient safety and quality care. Yet, there is little or no data documenting the practice of patient advocacy among nurses in Ghana. This study explored and provided an indepth description of experiences of registered nurses in carrying out their role of patient advocacy within the Ghanaian context at the Cape Coast Metro Hospital (CCMH). A qualitative approach with descriptive study design was used to meet the set objectives. The ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to examine the maternal and perinatal contributing factors of congenital abnormalities in children below five years. The study was carried out at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital in the Accra Metropolis. This study was an exploratory study which used quantitative method. The participants for the study were selected using convenience sampling. One hundred and eighty one questionnaires were distributed to mothers of children with congenital abnormalitie...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge and perception of mental health nurses on the use of restraint methods among mentally ill. Although there are different restraints used in other areas of health, the primary focus was on the use of seclusion, mechanical restraints, and involuntary medication. A non- experimental descriptive cross-sectional research design was used. Stratified random sampling and then simple random sampling were used to select 108 participants fro...
ABSTRACT Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer prevalence among women worldwide with half a million cases each year. Cervical cancer incidence rate in Ghana is among the highest in the world.Low knowledge level, poor attitude and health beliefs are known to account for thelow level of cervical cancer screening in the Ghana.The study set out to explore the knowledge, attitude and health beliefs of cervical cancer and its screening among women in Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district. A ques...
ABSTRACT The level of awareness and screening practices for breast and cervical cancers among rural women was investigated.Three of the six rural wards in Ona-ara LGA were selected by balloting and the three largest communities in each of the wards were purposively selected for the study.Structured interview was conducted among 276 consenting women aged ≥18 years in the households. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. Mean age of respondents was 36.5+12.6 ye...
ABSTRACT Globally, the quality of health care relates closely with the quality of nursing care. The nursing process is widely adopted as an evidenced-based tool that guides the practice and delivery of quality nursing care. To improve its use, a number of studies have been conducted into the extent of use of the nursing process and its associated challenges in several countries. In Ghana, however, the extent of use of the nursing process, as well as, barriers associated with its use have not ...
ABSTRACT Emergency care is care that must be rendered without delay. Though today’s nurses in emergency departments (ED) are faced with many challenges, little time is spent in teaching or learning the content of emergency nursing care during the basic, master’s or doctoral level nursing education program. The purpose of this research was to explore the lived experiences of nurses working in EDs in selected hospitals in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study is a qualitative research in whi...
ABSTRACT Exposure to percutaneous injuries and blood/body fluids are serious occupational hazards that contribute to the transmission of a variety of blood borne pathogens. The study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with percutaneous injuries and exposure to patients’ blood and other body fluids among nurses in the Tamale metropolis. A cross-sectional design was adopted for the study. A total population of 572 was targeted with a sample size of 224 nurse...
ABSTRACT Spouses play significant roles in the care of their husbands. This comes with a lot of experiences in times of ill-health of the men and may have several effects on the spousal caregiver. It is likely to affect the woman’s physical, social, psychological and spiritual wellbeing. This study therefore explored the experiences of spouses of men with advanced prostate cancer in the Accra Metropolis using the Quality of Life Model Applied to Family Caregivers (Ferrell, 2001) as a...
ABSTRACT Nursing students suffer high levels of stress during their education experiences. Nursing research supports the argument that practicum experience of course work yields more stress than class experience. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived level of stress and sources of stress in undergraduate and diploma nursing students. In this study, a sample of 170 students, 104 undergraduate level 400 and 66 level 300 diploma nursing students completed a modified form of ...
ABSTRACT Information and communication technology (ICT) is transforming the delivery of health care at a fast rate. Nurses who form the majority of the health workforce are strategically positioned to champion the transition to digital health care. Ghana is fast adopting eHealth, however there is little evidence on how well nurses are using these technologies. A descriptive cross sectional study using a quantitative approac...
ABSTRACT Antioxidants are one of the important components which plays a critical role to maintain the cell functioning and integrity of the cells. Antioxidants play an important role against the reactive oxygen species and maintain the normal activity of the cell. Free radicals on the other hand are very damaging to the living system, the production of free radicals takes place while there is lack of equilibrium between pro-oxidant and the antioxidant defense system, due to which, the patho-p...