Motivations of women in Uganda living with rheumatic heart disease: A mixed methods study of experiences in stigma, childbearing, anticoagulation, and contraception
Chang A, Nabbaale J, Nalubwama H, Okello E, Ssinabulya I, Longenecker C, Webel A. Motivations of women in Uganda living with rheumatic heart disease: A mixed methods study of experiences in stigma, childbearing, anticoagulation, and contraception. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0194030. PMID: 29590159, PMCID: PMC5874006, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen of childbearing ageRheumatic heart diseaseFocus groupsLack of health system resourcesLimited health literacyQualitative descriptive methodologyHealth system resourcesHeart diseaseMixed methods studyMiddle-income countriesMale partnersChildbearing ageHealth literacyPatient empowermentWomen of reproductive ageAbandonment of patientsHealth programsPremature mortalitySide effects of contraceptivesDescriptive methodologyConsiderable stigmaIncreased risk of cardiovascular complicationsQualitative studyRisk of cardiovascular complicationsLMICs