Abstract Osteoporosis is disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in fracture incidence. The osteoporosis is becoming public health problem in Sudan and neighboring countries and worldwide. As the environmental risk factors for osteoporosis in women are similar, the study aim to evaluate 25-OH vitamin D, total calcium and phosphorus levels among Sudanese post-menopausal osteoporotic...
Abstract Background: According to the theory of planned behavior, an intention to carry out a certain behavior facilitates action. In the context of birth in health facility, the intention to use health facilities for childbirth may better ensure better maternal and neonatal survival. Little is known on the influence of the domains of theory of planned behavior on birth in health facility intention. The study aimed to determine the influence of the domains of theory of planned behavior on bi...
Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a systemic metabolic disorder, Diabetic nephropathy (DN), is a common cause of end stage renal disease worldwide. Cystatin C has been identified as a new, promising, and easily measurable marker for detecting mild decrease in GFR with highly specificity and sensitivity. Study aims to evaluate serum cystatin C among type 2 DM during a period of March-August 2015 in Khartoum state. A hundred and twenty subjects classified as 60 healthy apparently as control g...
Abstract Large-scale production of mine wastes and their secure disposal has been a problem of global concern. In this work, the chemical kinetics of roasting of crude pyrite, a mine waste from Merelani to form sulphur dioxide, a key precursor in the production of sulphuric acid was studied. Conversion of pyrite into sulphur dioxide revealed pseudo first order kinetic with respect of solid reactant in gas-solid system. The activation energy (Ea) value of 15kJ/mol was deduced from Arrhenius e...
ABSTRACT Background: The issue of low performance among student nurses is still a challenge in theoretical and clinical practice, insufficient use of formative assessment is among the contributing factors. Objective: To assess of nursing students‟ perceptions on formative assessment procedures and its effects on midwifery II module performance. Method: A cross-sectional study of 430, third year Diploma Nursing Students‟ from seven nursing schools was conducted in Kilimanjaro, Dodoma, and...
Abstract This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out during the period from September 2018 to march 2019 . This study was conducted in Atbara state in the ultrasound department of Atbara hospital . The study aimed to characterize the gallbladder measurement in symptomatic patients 50 patients with clinical suspected of gallbladder disease/ hepatitis cirrhosis and renal failure (26 male- 24 female ) were enrolled in the study . The study showed that the male are common affected t...
Abstract A cross sectional study was conducted for determination of camel theileriosis and investigation of associated potential risk factors in Northern State, Sudan. A total of 202 blood samples from camel were collected and examined using Direct smear and Geimsa stain method. The result indicated that camel theileriosis infection was prevalent among camel at Northern State with an overall prevalence of 3%. The following risk factors showed association with camel theileriosis in the univar...
ABSTRACT Background: There is increasing rate of umbilical cord abnormalities that put a pregnant woman at the risk of operative delivery, perinatal complications and adverse new born outcomes. Therefore, morphological variations in structure of this vital structure could determine the obstetrics outcomes. Despite the umbilical cord being considered to contribute to obstetric outcome, practice of examining it in Africa even globally is limited. The aim of this study was to assess predictors ...
Abstract This is a case- control study aimed to evaluate some hematological parameters in patients under treatment with antiepileptic drugs and in normal control subjects in Khartoum state during period from March to December (2019). Hundred subjects, selected randomly in this study, with age varies from 10-60 years, 50 subjects were epileptic patients (26 males and 24 female) as case group and 50 subject (25 males and 25 female) were age and sex matched healthy control group. The age groupe...
ABSTRACT Background: Mwanza Region is one of the Regions in Tanzania with high maternal deaths with a burden of 305 MMR per 100,000 live births. Inadequate partograph compliance among nurse-midwives and poor structural quality for maternal referral system at the dispensary, health centers and hospital level can be among the contributing factors of the reported maternal deaths in the Region. This study aimed to assess the effect of structural quality of the maternal health referral system on ...
ABSTRACT The stethoscope; a universal tool of medical profession is often used on multiple patients and it’s an additional possible vector of infection as they touch many patients. This study was done to assess antibiotics susceptibility of bacteria isolated from stethoscopes in Khartoum hospitals. The study was conducted during the period from April and July 2014. Bacterial isolates were obtained from the Research Laboratory of Sudan University of Science and Technology. Purity of the iso...
ABSTRACT Background: Hyperglycemia is an important finding used for diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus which is a most common chronic and lifelong diseases in nearly all countries. Prevalence of persistent hyperglycemia is increasing at an epidemic rate in many parts of the world estimated to be 7.7% by 2030. Changing lifestyles has been contributed much on the rapid increase of the problem. The goal of this study was to assess the prevalence of hyperglycemia and risk factors among formal sector...
ABSTRACT Background: There is increase rate of home delivery that put women at risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. There has been an effort on structural barriers to facility delivery leaving behind reasons like respecting personal preferences during delivery and the quality of intrapartum care provided during delivery. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of perceived quality of intrapartum care and respect of personal preferences during delivery on th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to comparatively assess the professional values endorsed by hospital and university based nursing students. Descriptive survey was adopted for the study. No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the inclusion criteria, 233 nursing students were included in the study. Informed written consent was obtained prior to the study. Modified nurses professional value scale (MNPVS) was used for data collection after the facevalidity and reliability were de...
Abstract Introduction Significant bacteriuria during pregnancy can lead to serious obstetric complications, poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of significant bacteriuria among pregnant women at Makole health centre Dodoma city, Tanzania. Methodology This was a cross sectional study conducted from February 2020 to April 2020. During this period two hundred consenting pregnant women, aged 18 years...