Mental health and quality of life following breast cancer diagnosis in patients seen at a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: A qualitative study

Autor: Divya Annamalai, Anna Helova, Mansoor Saleh, Nancy Gikaara, Sehrish Rupani, Innocent Abayo, Noureen Karimi, Karishma Sharma, Isaiah Omedo, Kevin Owuor, Lily Gutnik, Janet M. Turan

Publikováno v: Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, Vol 11 (2024)

Mental health challenges are common following cancer diagnosis, negatively impacting treatment and quality of life for breast cancer (BC) patients. This pilot study provides an understanding of the impacts of BC diagnosis and care experiences on the

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Establishing Cohorts to Generate the Evidence Base to Reduce the Burden of Breast Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results From a Feasibility Study in Kenya

Autor: Sujha Subramanian, Robai Gakunga, Madeleine D. Jones, Asaph Kinyanjui, Emily Ochieng', Nancy Gikaara, Florence Maluni, David Wata, Anne Korir, Miriam Mutebi, Zipporah Ali

Publikováno v: Journal of Global Oncology, Vol 5, Pp 1-10 (2019)

PURPOSE: By 2025, Kenya is estimated to experience a two-thirds increase in the incidence of breast cancer. Local research is necessary to generate evidence to inform policy, public health, and medical practice. There have been no longitudinal cohort

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/848d7b09e542491e8fe82a719c9c9711

Multidimensional patient-reported problems within two weeks of HIV diagnosis in East Africa: a multicentre observational study.

Autor: Victoria Simms, Nancy Gikaara, Grace Munene, Mackuline Atieno, Jeniffer Kataike, Clare Nsubuga, Geoffrey Banga, Eve Namisango, Suzanne Penfold, Peter Fayers, Richard A Powell, Irene J Higginson, Richard Harding

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 2, p e57203 (2013)

We aimed to determine for the first time the prevalence and severity of multidimensional problems in a population newly diagnosed with HIV at outpatient clinics in Africa.Recently diagnosed patients (within previous 14 days) were consecutively recrui

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Evaluation of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire in Kenya

Autor: Sarah Hales, Carmine Malfitano, Camilla Zimmermann, Anne Rydall, Kenneth Mah, Faith Mwangi-Powell, Lesley Chalklin, Nancy Gikaara, Richard A Powell, Gary Rodin

Publikováno v: Journal of Global Oncology, Vol 5, Pp 1-16 (2019)
Journal of Global Oncology

PURPOSE A culturally appropriate, patient-centered measure of the quality of dying and death is needed to advance palliative care in Africa. We therefore evaluated the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QODD) in a Kenyan hospice sample and com

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http://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JGO.18.00257

Conducting experimental research in marginalised populations: clinical and methodological implications from a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial in Kenya

Autor: Keira Lowther, Lucy E Selman, Richard Harding, Lorraine Sherr, Nancy Gikaara, Hellen Kariuki, Victoria Simms, Aabid Ahmed, Zippy Ali

Publikováno v: AIDS Care
Lowther, K M, Harding-Swale, R, Ahmed, A, Gikaara, N, Ali, Z, Kariuki, H, Sherr, L, Simms, V & Selman, L E 2016, ' Conducting experimental research in marginalised populations: clinical and methodological implications from a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial in Kenya ', Aids Care, vol. 28 Suppl 1, pp. 60-3 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1146214
Lowther, K M, Harding-Swale, R, Ahmed, A, Gikaara, N, Ali, Z, Kariuki, H, Sherr, L, Simms, V & Selman, L E 2016, ' Conducting experimental research in marginalised populations : clinical and methodological implications from a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial in Kenya ', AIDS Care, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 60-63 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1146214

Experimental studies to test interventions for people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries are essential to ensure appropriate and effective clinical care. The implications of study participation on outcome data in such populations hav

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4828598