dc.contributor.author | Komugisa, Allan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-13T15:30:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-13T15:30:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Komugisa, A. (2022). Factors influencing the state of Nutrition care in the inpatient therapeutic unit at Hoima regional referral hospital in Uganda [unpublished undergraduate thesis]. Makerere University, Kampala | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/15815 | |
dc.description | A report submitted to the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Nutrition of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: The study was conducted to assess the factors influencing the state of nutrition care in
the Inpatient Therapeutic Unit of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital.
Methods: The study design used was cross-sectional and retrospective study. Random
sampling was used to select the participants. A questionnaire was used to draw data which was
analyzed in excel, means, percentages, graphs and charts extracted.
Results: The unit had 15 staff members, mostly (60%) female and had no doctor. The staff
members were mainly (33%) nurses and (13%) nutritionists. Most of the caretakers (93%) were
females and were mainly peasants, single mothers and primary school drops: 93%, 64% and
57% respectively. Fevers (93%) and cough (64%) were the leading complaints, affecting
(93%) and (64%) of the patients respectively. Septicemia (79%) and malaria (50%) were the
most common comorbidities, affecting 79% and 50% of the patients, respectively.
Conclusions: The study established that knowledge, attitude and practices had a great
influence on the state of nutrition care in the in-patient therapeutic unit. It was also recognized
that comorbidities had significant influence on treatment outcome of the patients. Nutrition
care remained multi-dimension, requiring multi-stakeholder approaches. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Nutrition care | en_US |
dc.subject | Patient therapeutics | en_US |
dc.subject | Hoima regional referral hospital | en_US |
dc.title | Factors influencing the state of Nutrition care in the inpatient therapeutic unit at Hoima regional referral hospital in Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |