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Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
Moor SE, Tusubira AK, Wood D, Akiteng AR, Galusha D, Tessier-Sherman B, Donroe EH, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Hawley NL, Armstrong-Hough M, Nakirya BD, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e059949. PMID: 35863829, PMCID: PMC9310153, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeer support groupsAvailability of medicinesHealthcare providersPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesHealth educationRural UgandaFacility-based managementCost of treatmentLow-resource settingsDiabetes mellitusNakaseke districtDiscrete choice experimentHealthcare service deliveryAverage respondentIntervention designHTNMedicineUgandan shillingsDCE attributesProvidersGroupService delivery
2023
Diabetes mellitus care cascade among a cohort of persons living with HIV and hypertension in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study
Ambangira F, Sharman J, Muddu M, Kimera I, Namara D, Musimbaggo D, Namugenyi C, Ssenyonjo R, Mbuliro M, Katwesigye R, Schwartz J, Semitala F, Ssinabulya I. Diabetes mellitus care cascade among a cohort of persons living with HIV and hypertension in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2023, 34: 728-734. PMID: 37269360, DOI: 10.1177/09564624231179497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetes mellitusLarge urban HIV clinicNon-suppressed viral loadNon-communicable disease burdenUrban HIV clinicHIV care programsRetrospective cohort studyCohort of personsAppropriate diabetes careDiabetes mellitus careNon-communicable diseasesDual HIVCare cascadeHIV clinicCohort studyGlycaemic controlMedian ageViral loadRetrospective studyDiabetes careDisease burdenMellitus careCare programHIVHypertension
2022
Factors associated with blood pressure control in patients with hypertension and HIV at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
Musimbaggo D, Kimera I, Namugenyi C, Schwartz J, Ssenyonjo R, Ambangira F, Kizza L, Mbuliro M, Katwesigye R, Ssinabulya I, Muddu M, Neupane D, Olsen M, Pareek M, Semitala F. Factors associated with blood pressure control in patients with hypertension and HIV at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2022, 38: 345-351. PMID: 36476778, PMCID: PMC11001571, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-022-00786-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure controlComorbid diabetes mellitusDiabetes mellitusPressure controlBlood pressureHIV statusCardiovascular diseaseLarge urban HIV clinicPoor blood pressure controlImportant preventable risk factorBlood pressure targetsIndividual HIV statusUrban HIV clinicPreventable risk factorsHIV status disclosureMultivariable logistic regressionAntihypertensive treatmentAntiretroviral therapyHIV clinicHypertension careSubpopulation of personsPressure targetsBaseline factorsHypertensive personsIntegrated HIVThe risk of hyperglycemia associated with use of dolutegravir among adults living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A case-control study
Namara D, Schwartz JI, Tusubira AK, McFarland W, Birungi C, Semitala FC, Muddu M. The risk of hyperglycemia associated with use of dolutegravir among adults living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A case-control study. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2022, 33: 1158-1164. PMID: 36222490, PMCID: PMC9691558, DOI: 10.1177/09564624221129410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of dolutegravirRisk of hyperglycemiaCase-control studyDTG useDiabetes mellitusSubsequent diagnosisOral glucose tolerance testOdds of hyperglycemiaMedical record abstractionGlucose tolerance testMultivariable logistic regressionInterviewer-administered questionnaireNon-communicable diseasesTimes greater oddsDiagnosis of hyperglycemiaDTG exposureAlternate regimensAntiretroviral agentsRecord abstractionMultivariable analysisPotential confoundersPlasma glucoseTolerance testClinical dataHyperglycemia