Samuel Akyirem

Psychosocial challenges facing patients with diabetes (and other chronic diseases) in resource-limited settings. Health disparities and health psychology.

Hometown/Country

Kumasi, Ghana

Undergraduate Education

BSc Nursing – Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology, Ghana – 2014

Graduate Education

MRes Clinical Research – King’s College London, UK – 2020

​Research Intersets

Psychosocial challenges facing patients with diabetes (and other chronic diseases) in resource-limited settings. Health disparities and health psychology.

​Publications and Presentations

Publications

Akyirem, S., Salifu, Y., Bayuo, J., Duodu, P. A., Bossman, I. F., & Abboah-Offei, M. (2022). An integrative review of the use of the concept of reassurance in clinical practice. Nursing Open, 9(3), 1515–1535. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1102

Hadfield, K., Akyirem, S., Sartori, L., Abdul-Latif, A.-M., Akaateba, D., Bayrampour, H., Daly, A., Hadfield, K., & Abiiro, G. A. (2022). Measurement of pregnancy-related anxiety worldwide: A systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 331. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04661-8

Akyirem, S., Forbes, A., Wad, J. L., & Due-Christensen, M. (2021). Psychosocial interventions for adults with newly diagnosed chronic disease: A systematic review. Journal of Health Psychology, 1359105321995916. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105321995916

Akyirem, S., Bossman I., (2021) “Is tepid sponging more effective than paracetamol at relieving fever in hot tropical climates? A mini-review” Ghana Medical Journal, 55(1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i1.9

Aduse-Poku, L., & Akyirem, S. (2020). Association between birthweight and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in children, a systematic review. Open Science Journal, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.23954/osj.v5i3.2413

Presentations

Whitehouse, C. R., Akyirem, S., Petoskey, C., Huang, S., Wischik, D. L., Batten, J., & Whittemore, R. (2022). Food Insecurity Interventions for Persons Living With Diabetes: A Systematic Review Using the RE-AIM Framework. SCIENCE OF DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT AND CARE, 48(4), 292–292. Presented at the Association of diabetes care and education specialists, Baltimore, MD

Awards

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (Jointly funded by King’s College London and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission) – provided full funding for my masters study in the UK