Podoconiosis treatment in northern Ethiopia (GoLBet): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Negussie, Henok ^a   Kassahun, Meseret Molla ^b,c   Fegan, Greg ^d,e   Njuguna, Patricia ^e   Enquselassie, Fikre ^b   McKay, Andy ^a   Newport, Melanie ^a   Lang, Trudie ^d   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acute dermatolymphangioadenitis; Disability; Neglected tropical disease; Nonfilarial elephantiasis; Podoconiosis; Randomised controlled trial; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PODOCONIOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STIGMA; STUDY DESIGN; THERAPY DELAY; ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ELEPHANTIASIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOE; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANDAGES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFORMED CONSENT; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOES; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939173570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0818-7     Document Type: Article

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