“…A descriptive qualitative phenomenological design was used and 10 diabetic clients- 5 male and 5 female were chosen using non probability sampling including convenience and purposeful sampling. …”
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“…Since Malawi is still in the process of developing and establishing the proposed National HRH Observatory, some of the data and information were not readily available to fill all HRH gaps. However, a few important consultations with experienced professionals well versed with HRH issues and the HMIS, from the Central Monitoring and Evaluation Division (CMED), were done to provide realistic estimates to fill such gaps. …”
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“…The key findings of this study are that HSAs in Malawi have lower role ambiguity (16%) and moderate levels of role conflict (28%) and role overload (32%) and high job satisfaction (83%) (all 75th fractional rank percentile scores). …”
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“…Results showed knowledge rate of 92%, and adherence rate of 53.8%. Multivariate analysis of significant variables, in a logistic regression model, indicated that having family support was found to be nearly 5 times more likely to facilitate adherence to recommended lifestyle modification than in cases where families were not involved in the care of their clients (OR = 4.587, 95% CI: 1.625, 12.947). …”
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“…Results indicated that only 1.2% of the partographs were completely documented with observations on foetal, maternal and labour progress. …”
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“…Thirty-six (40.91%) of participants were aware of risks for under-five children to have DDs and only 27 (30.68%) of participants had the knowledge to screen DDs in children under the age of five years. …”
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“…Out of these 5 factors, 3 were found to be independent determinants of AL using a logistic regression model: intraperitoneal local sepsis (Relative risk [RR] 7.2, 95%confidence interval [CI] 2.81- 17.5), Haemoglobin level ([<10g/dl] RR 4 ,95% CI 2.167 – 7.5) and Surgeons experience( Trainee/ expert) ( RR 1.4 , 95% CI 1.143-1.957) The knowledge of factors associated with anastomotic leakage after intestinal anastomosis can be modified to reduce AL and improve AL outcomes in our setting…”
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“…In Malawi, 6.5 million of its population lives in poverty and a further 27% live in extreme poverty. This leads to increased brain drain such that the shortage of health workers in Malawi is severe even by African standards. …”
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“…Of those that had hypertension, of the total number found to have raised blood pressure during the survey, only 22.3% had been diagnosed by a doctor or health worker and only 26.0% used medication. …”
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“…The most prescribed antibiotics were a combination of Benzyl penicillin and gentamycin 276(74.0%), followed by ceftriaxone 87(23.2%) and metronidazole 10(2.7%) (p=<0.001), 318(85.25%) had antibiotic prescription without a request for microbiological test and only 55(14.75%) had antibiotic prescription with a requested microbiological test (p=<0.001). …”
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“…Highest total flavonoid content was found in E. abyssinica (Lam. ex DC.), (806.12±0.01 QE/mg). Highest total phenolic content was also found in E. abyssinica (Lam. ex DC.) (98.48±0.08 mg GAE/g). …”
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“…In silico ADMET predictions revealed a majority of the 12 hit compounds have good pharmacokinetic and toxicity profiles. …”
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