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    Analysis of variance of diabetic neuropathic pain interference, intensity and hypertension types in Ghana
    (2022-03-21) Adzika, Vincent; Appiah-Poku, John; Mensah, David; Pedro, Athena; Ahorlu, Collins; Kantanka, Safo; Quasie, Olga
    Diabetic Neuropathic Pain (PDN) is the most prevalent chronic complication of diabetes and affects 30– 90% of patients with adjuvant complications. Hypertension has been found to increase the risk of longterm vascular complications of Type 2 diabetes mellitus which includes peripheral sensory diabetic neuropathic pain. However, the relationship between Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Interference, Intensity and Hypertension types among Type 2 Diabetes has not been extensively investigated. This study investigates the relationship between hypertension PDN intensity interference and pain intensity. The research design was a cross-sectional descriptive design. A sample of 125 participants was systematically selected for the study A demographic questionnaire and the Brief Pain Inventory for Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy was used to collect the data. ANOVA was used to determine whether there is an association, between the hypertension types and PDN pain intensity and interference. The study concluded that there was no relationship between Hypertension types and PDN intensity and interference. The study further discovered that whether a patient had normal hypertension, prehypertension, stage 1 hypertension, or Stage 2 hypertension, they felt equal pain
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    Fundamental theorem of the theory of superiority complex
    (International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, 2018-07) Ayim-Aboagye, Desmond; Gyekye, Kwabena Awere; Adzika, Vincent
    This article discusses Axioms of the theory of superiority complex, which is developed in the area of war, law and social psychiatry. The aim is to unfold the manner in which individuals become attached to certain ideologies and complex notions, which then repress and incubate in their unconscious minds that later reveal themselves as mental disorders. This controls their minds and actions in abnormal manners which consequently compel these individuals to act improperly in private and public lives. Complex ideas and repressed feelings are the usual manner wherein the human unconscious pours out the manufactured troubles that can lead to dissociated/split in personalities, according to psychodynamic theories. The method employed is the deductive approach which deduces the theorem from six main axioms and four definitions. Deductive reasoning usually utilises axioms and definitions which then become the basis upon which theorems and lemmas can be derived in a scientific manner. This unique approach adheres strictly to the scientific method, which reigns supreme in the way of obtaining objective knowledge which can later be tested empirically by scientists. The results furnish us with an important theorem and its corollary in medicine, which is considered the fundamental theorem for the theory of superiority complex. Individuals who harbour complex notions or ideologies tend to allow these repressed feelings to control their unconscious minds which later reveal themselves in abnormal behaviours. These are supported by Freudian and Jungian theories, in addition to more recent theories advocated by some British Psychologists, which state that the unconscious negative repressed feelings and complexes may control the inner and outer lives such that individuals may suffer the rest of their lives amidst performance of criminal activities in the lives of patients. The conclusion states that not only is the individual who possesses repressed complex ideas/ideologies has with it a latent disorder, but also where an individual is seen as having a disorder he may well reveal complex ideas as well. The implication is that no disorder is without a symptom and vice versa no symptom is without a disorder. In other words, if a patient is diagnosed as having a mental disorder, then there is a corresponding symptom which enabled doctors to have based their diagnoses upon in order to derive their sound judgment and conclusion.
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    Prevalence of depression and associated factors among patients with diabetes in an outpatient clinic In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
    (British Journal of Medical & Health Sciences, 2021-06) Dos Santos, Carla J. Mulambo; Adzika, Vincent; Ayim-Abogye, Desmond; Amorin, Manuela
    epression and diabetes mellitus are chronic diseases with profoundly negative effects on people’s health and life expectancy. Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activities previously most enjoyed, affecting a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and a sense of wellbeing. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease in which blood sugar levels are too high. Depression is the second leading cause of disability in young to middle-aged adults in low and middle-income countries, following HIV/AIDS. Depression and DM co-occur in a bidirectional relationship, with a stronger association noted for the depression-predicting onset of diabetes. This co-occurrence is a major problem impacting the lives of DM patients. The purpose of this research was to uncover the links between depression and DM, aiming to propose strategies to manage depression in DM patients. Key objectives of the study were to:(i) identify key socio-demographic factors associated with the prevalence of depression among DM patients in an outpatients’ clinic in Tanzania; and (ii) propose a model health care practitioners and institutions can adopt for the prevention and management of depression among DM patients. Quantitative methods helped to uncover the impact of socio-demographic factors in the prevalence of depression in DM patients and establish the correlation between depression and diabetes as they co-occur. The research established a positive correlation between undetected and late identification of depression and the deterioration of the health condition and quality of life of DM patients; significantly higher health care bills occur when socio-demographic determinants of depression prevalence are not being well understood and managed; and a significant improvement in the quality of life when educated and counselled DM patients collaborate in managing their status. Finally, the research proposes a patient-physician Collaborative Care Model as an effective strategy for managing the pathology.
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    Psychiatric patients in modern Ghana and their adaptive various sanctuaries
    (CPQ Neurology and Psychology, 2021-05-18) Ayim-Aboagye, Desmond; Adzika, Vincent; Amorin, Manuela; Dos Santos, Carla Mulambo
    This study aims to firstly find out how patients deal with their mental disorders using the traditional resources without entering into the psychiatric hospital for treatments. What psychiatric problems do they suffer? What are the various pharmaceutical drugs administered by these practitioners? What roles do group support play in the lives of these patients? The method used was the structured and in-depth interviews, which consisted of background information and other relevant themes about their psychiatric related problems. Interviews were given to patients after we have attended their Sunday worships in their localities. Open-ended interviews were also administered to them and arrangements were made to meet them next week in the same worship service to gather them. Overall, 300 informants agreed to participate in the study. Method The results revealed that there have been attacks concerning the manner of treatments, abuse,emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and manipulation which these practitioners utilize in their various churches. Modern psychiatric hospitals where these patients could have gone in the first place to receive treatments are not many. The findings show that different relationship problems exist that male as well as female patients of all age groups undergo. Traditional pharmaceutical drugs were prevalently utilized but most of them were placebo in kind.In conclusion, it can be asserted that the social function of these mental treatments outweighs the abuse in general, which is tremendously circulated and reported by the media. The healing sanctuaries have important social functions, which without them modern mental institutions in Ghana will be over flooded with a tremendous number of unconventional patients. The prolific employment and glorification of Akwankyere, to psychologically speedy up treatment, makes healing methods affordable to all faithful adherents
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