Aim: To determine the knowledge, beliefs and practices towards malaria amongst pregnant women in Enugu.Method: A cross sectional survey of 300 consecutive pregnant women attending the antenatal clinics of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu was carried out.The survey instrument was a questionnaire with questions covering various aspects o
Quantification of Head Tremors in Medical Conditions: A Comparison of Analyses Using a 2D Video Camera and a 3D Wireless Inertial Motion Unit
This study compares two methods to quantify the amplitude and frequency of head movements in patients with head NULL tremor: one based on video-based motion analysis, and the other using a miniature wireless inertial magnetic motion unit (IMMU).Concomitant with the clinical assessment of head tremor severity, head linear displacements in the fronta
Protocol of the Budapest sleep, experiences, and traits study: An accessible resource for understanding associations between daily experiences, individual differences, and objectively measured sleep.
Sleep is both a neurophysiological state and a biologically necessary behavior that performs a variety of indispensable roles for human health, development, and cognitive functioning.Despite this, comparatively little is known about the relationships between daily experiences and sleep features.Importantly, these relationships are bidirectional in
TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder prevalent in many areas of the world including Africa, Middle East and parts of India.It is characterized by repetitive episodes of vaso- occlusive (VOC) process, leading to recurrent painful episodes, hemolytic anemia and predisposition to infection.Although VOC is a leading manifestation of SCD,
Children’s and adolescents’ relationship to pain during cancer treatment: a preliminary validation of the Pain Flexibility Scale for Children
Jenny Thorsell Cederberg,1 Sandra Weineland Strandskov,2 JoAnne Dahl,3 Gustaf Ljungman1 1Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Pediatric Oncology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 2Närhälsan, Research and Development Center, Primary Health Care, Södra Älvsborg, Borås, Sweden; 3Department of Psycholog