Philip Onuoha

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine | UWI · UWI School of Nursing

Background It has been documented that nearly 600 million people worldwide are expected to have diabetes mellitus in 2035 and that approximately 140,000 persons aged 20–69 years living with diabetes mellitus in Trinidad and Tobago. It is also indicated that patients with type II diabetes mellitus face a higher risk of diabetic foot neuropathy and f...

The environment encompasses all aspects of nature, both living and nonliving. The environment has an impact on the quality of life of plants and animals. Every living organism requires clean air, water, shelter, better living conditions, and a more ideal habitat because these factors influence one's quality of life. It is advantageous to have a saf...

This paper review explores environmental challenges and responsiveness. Natural calamities and human activities have contaminated the ecosystem, making it unhealthy for plants and animals. Human activities are required to address environmental issues. The quality of the environment will be determined by how humans respond to environmental challenge...

Abstract Purpose: The study was aimed at determining the self-reported experiences of the nurses in the major Island hospital in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas with regard to workplace bullying and their assessment of the support they received following the experience. Methods: A descriptive quantitative case study was undertaken using all the reg...

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and compliance levels of hand hygiene among registered nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Nassau, Bahamas. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in June 2019. A 32-item self-administered questionnaire was provided to 40 registere...

Purpose: To ascertain the Knowledge levels, Attitudes and Beliefs towards Organ Donation by Relatives of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit at two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Trinidad. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study in which the researchers’-designed and pretested self-administered questionnaire was used on a sample of 133 randomly selec...

Background and aimPrevious research studies have shown that poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients do not receive insulin therapy because of the resistance of the patients to insulin therapy. This study aimed to assess the belief of Caribbean insulin-naïve type 2 diabetes patients on insulin therapy.Methods Five hundred ten insulin-naïve type 2...

Background: Trinidad and Tobago have been ranked as having one of the highest cancer mortality rates in the Caribbean. Prostate cancer was identified as the most common cancer in men, with a higher mortality than any other cancer. At least 1 in 9 men in Trinidad and Tobago will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Purpose: The pur...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and compliance levels of hand hygiene among registered nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Nassau, Bahamas. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in June 2019. A 32-item self-administered questionnaire was provided to 40 registered nurses...

Background and Aim: Previous research studies have shown that poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients do not receive insulin therapy because of the resistance of the patients to insulin prescription. This study aimed to assess the belief of Caribbean insulin-naive type 2 diabetes patients on insulin therapy. Methods: We recruited 510 insulin-nai...

Aim: The aim of this study is to explore the lived experiences of parents pertaining to how cancer in their family affected their lives. In particular the study detailed the participants’ challenges and the strategies they adopted in dealing with the challenges. Methodology: An exploratory phenomenology method was used to guide the study. The parti...

BACKGROUND & AIM: The ZIKV is a major public health concern and has the potential to cause a pandemic. Health knowledge is a critical factor in the prevention of the ZIKV. This study aims to ascertain the knowledge levels of the antenatal women attending the antenatal clinic at the Sangre Grande Health Center Trinidad, regarding the ZIKV and its im...

Aim: The study was to determine the levels of knowledge and practice of self-care management of patients with type11 diabetes at Manzanilla Clinic in East Trinidad. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was undertaken, using all attendees to the health center on a 5-week period. A researchers’-structured Likert-like questionnaire was developed...

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of implementation of a School health program implemented in schools in a Caribbean Island State. The Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) program was developed and being implemented in the Caribbean Island states with the aim to enable students acquire healthy life styles; this pro...

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of implementation of a School health program implemented in schools in a Caribbean Island State. The Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) program was developed and being implemented in the Caribbean Island states with the aim to enable students acquire healthy life styles; this pro...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that may motivate the nurses in Trinidad and Tobago following an earlier study that the satisfaction levels of the nurses in Trinidad and Tobago is low. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design was undertaken. It attempted to document the responses from nurses who gave their c...

Aim: This study is an attempt to improve the quality of management for individuals diagnosed with self-harm or suicidal attempt admitted to a major psychiatric hospital in Trinidad and Tobago. To this end, the investigators aimed to ascertain the perceptions of staff in relation to the quality of care patients with self-harm or attempted suicide re...

The purpose of this study was to document the perspectives of teachers who form an important stakeholder to the newly established eConnect and Learn (eCAL) programme in a Caribbean Island state. eCAL is a programme introduced by the government to enhance teaching learning in the country. A qualitative cross-sectional study was undertaken through a...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the perspectives of the patients about the factors responsible for their readmission into the local hospital. This is predicated on the high level of readmission termed revolving door at the local hospital. The implications of the high readmission rate have been documented as well as the factors as...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine if the satisfaction levels of nursing students are associated with their demographic characterises. The authors have previously published the varied levels of satisfaction among nursing students. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken with 74% of the 103 nursing students using inves...

Aim: To determine the perceptions of the health workers at two hospital in Trinidad with regard to their experiences with cannula use in the management of their patients. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted using all categories of health who consented to participate in the study. Data was collected with researchers'-designed...

Background: Hand washing has become one of the most recommended methods of infection control in hospitals. Studies indicate that the knowledge, attitude and practices are poor in many countries. There has not been any study of similar in the Trinidad and Tobago. This study is an attempt to document the situation in the twin-Island state. Aim: To do...

Aim:The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of parents living with hearing impaired children in north Trinidad. This study emanated as a result of the researchers’ cursory observation in dealing with the parents of the children with hearing impairment. Methods:An exploratory phenomenological study was undertaken to document the u...

AGobvsterrancmt ents attempt to deal with life skills issues through introduction of skills programme in school with a purpose to assist the young adults to make appropriate choices in life. This is the situation in the Caribbean where similar programmes have been introduced under different names. This study is an attempt to document the implementa...

Background: Hand-washing has become one of the most recommended methods of infection control in hospitals. Studies indicate that the knowledge, attitude and practices are poor in many countries. There has not been any similar study in Trinidad and Tobago. This study is an attempt to document the situation in the twin-Island state. Aim: To document...

Background: Teenage has become an issue globally especially in rural communities. It has studied and documented I many countries but there continues to be a dearth of information of this nature in small island countries such as Trinidad and Tobago. Aim: To determine the perceptions of teenagers in a rural community in northern Trinidad. Methodology...

Hyperglycaemic complication is the most common cause of hospitalization amongst diabetes patients in Nigeria. Research showed that diabetes self-management education (DSME) assists in controlling hyperglycaemia in diabetes patients. We assessed the opinions of practice nurses and dieticians on implementing DSME in a Nigerian population. 517 nurses...

Purpose: To ascertain the perspectives of nurses in Trinidad about their experiences with motivational factors and techniques used in their hospitals. It also was to determine if their experiences are associated with their demographic characteristics. Design: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken. All nurses who consented to respond to the resear...

Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this research was to document the nurses’ perceived benefits as well as their recommendations regarding mentoring at one at a major Caribbean hospital in Barbados. Methods: A descriptive qualitative case study was employed to answer the main questions of what the nurses perceive as the personal benefits gained fro...

Aim: To describe the lived experiences of Registered Nurses at the Sangre Grande hospital, Trinidad and Tobago, who have only basic Nursing training but are required to clinically manage oncology patients with Brain Tumours. Background: Seventy-five (75%) of admissions to the Sangre Grande Hospital, on a daily basis, are Oncology long stay patients...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the practices of parents of children (ages 2 to 5 years) at one of the government owned Pre-Schools in Antigua as it relations to the nutritional needs and appropriate level of activity. Methods: The design is an exploratory descriptive study of the practices of parents of children in Antigua regardi...

To explore the perceptions of the teachers at a Boys School in Trinidad and Tobago about the extent to which eConnect and learn (eCAL) programme enhances the teaching-learning activities in their school. The eCAL programme was introduced into secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010 with the aim to bring technology to teaching-learning acti...

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death both in the less and more developed countries. Early detection of breast cancer has been shown to significantly reduce mortality rates, yet many women fail to receive screening. Primary health care nurses are uniquely positioned to role model screening behaviours, educate clients on performance of breast se...

Aim: To explore the prevalence of substance use among registered nurses at selected hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago Methods: A total of 225 registered nurses were accessed from 3 major hospitals in the Trinidad and Tobago to respond to investigators'-developed and anonymous pre-tested questionnaires. Result: Results show that 9.7% of the nurses us...

To assess the performance of graduates based on selected nursing duties after completing a post registration Baccalaureate nursing programme of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. All 273 graduates of the programme were asked to provide their self-assessment of their performance using a Likert-like scale. Additiona...

AIM: To determine the nurses’ views about factors associated with their absenteeism at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex METHOD: An analytical survey of the nurses’ views pertaining to absenteeism at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Nurses in the 12 medical and surgical wards totalling 175 were targeted. Four and three medical and s...

Background: Some Nigerian studies have reported cases of the metabolic syndrome in the population. This study aims to assess the prevalence of the components of the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients using the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) worldwide definition. Methods: Eighty-nine T2DM patients were studied...

Aim: To determine if there is any difference in indices of glycaemic control between type-2 diabetes patients who knew the laboratory tests for monitoring blood glucose and their peers who did not know. Methods: Eighty-nine type-2 diabetes patients were studied after an overnight fast. The patients' bio-data, blood pressure, anthropometric indic...

Aim: To compare the knowledge of practice nurses on principles and concepts of diabetes self-management education (DSME) before and after a DSME training workshop. Methods: All 150 practice nurses currently studying for a bachelor's degree were invited for a 2-day DSME training workshop. 88 practice nurses (59%) responded. Each participant was requ...

To assess the views of nurses and dietitians on diabetes self-management education and the preparedness of their work places for implementing diabetes self-care. 1,057 (71 %) of the estimated 1,498 qualified nurses and dietitians employed in the services of the Regional Health Authorities between November 2011 and April 2012 completed the self-admi...

Aim: To assess nurses’ participation in continuing medical education (CME) in Trinidad and Tobago. Methods: 1,032 of the estimated 1,443 qualified nurses employed in the services of the Regional Health Authorities between November 2011 and April 2012 completed the self-administered research questionnaire previously pre-tested on a cohort of student...

The views of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients have not been considered in the debate on the role of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in the management of T2DM. To assess the views of T2DM patients on SMBG. Two previously trained research assistants used a structured pre-tested questionnaire to interview 416 T2DM patients practising SMBG in ou...

Primary health care (PHC) implementation has stimulated the need and interest in developing continuing education (CE) programs in Nigeria. A population study of 144 government (69%) and private (31%) health workers in the Ibarapa District of Oyo State in Nigeria documented their CE opportunities. Only 39 percent had attended an in-service training...

Aim: This study is an attempt to document perceptions of new mothers at a maternity hospital in a Caribbean Island state, with regard to their experiences of nursing support or lack thereof during the intrapartum period (labour and delivery) using a tested instrument. No study had been documented nor done in this Island state related to this resear...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine if family and social support play a part in the readmission of the elderly diabetic patients at San Fernando General Hospital. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was undertaken among the readmitted elderly diabetic patients at San Fernando General Hospital. It was carried out...