Lived experiences of caregivers of persons with epilepsy attending an epilepsy clinic at a tertiary hospital, eastern Uganda: A phenomenological approach

Lindah Okiah; Samuel Olowo; Stanely J. Iramiot; Rebecca Nekaka; Lydia V. N. Ssenyonga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274373

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Lived experiences of caregivers of persons with epilepsy attending an epilepsy clinic at a tertiary hospital, eastern Uganda: A phenomenological approach

Lindah Okiah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda
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Samuel Olowo ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: samuel28olowo@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-6801

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Stanely J. Iramiot,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9239-6641

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Rebecca Nekaka,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-7197

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Lydia V. N. Ssenyonga

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda
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Lived experiences of caregivers of persons with epilepsy attending an epilepsy clinic at a tertiary hospital, eastern Uganda: A phenomenological approach

Lindah Okiah,
Samuel Olowo,
Stanely J. Iramiot,
Rebecca Nekaka,
Lydia V. N. Ssenyonga

Published: July 18, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274373
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