About

Dr. Deegbe has twelve years of experience in mental health nursing. He joined the SoNM, University of Ghana, as an assistant lecturer at the Mental Health Nursing Department and is now a Lecturer. His research areas are psychosocial aspects of epilepsy, mental illness, and epilepsy-related quality of life, tool development, stigma in mental illness, depression, anxiety, and stress. 

Education and Qualification

Dr. Deegbe did Diploma in Mental Nursing. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in general nursing from Central University, an MPhil. Nursing from the University of Ghana and a PhD from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg – South Africa. He is a registered mental nurse and a fellow of the West African Post-Graduate College of Nursing. 

Research Areas

1. Adult and Adolescent Mental Health (Epilepsy, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Stigma, Quality of Life)
2. Psychosocial experiences of people living with epilepsy (Children; Adults; Mothers)
3. Quality of life of people living with epilepsy
4. Tool development

Publications

Biney, A., Sarfo, J. O., Poku, C. A., Deegbe, D. A., Atibila, F., Ti-enkawol Nachinab, G., Anaba, E., Dzansi, G., & Attafuah, P. Y. A. (2024). Challenges and coping strategies when caring for terminally ill persons with cancer: perspectives of family caregivers. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1), 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01518-z

Marfo, M., Acheampong, A. K., Deegbe, D. A., & Aziato, L. (2024). Coping strategies adapted by parents caring for children with cancer: a qualitative exploratory study in Ghana. Discover Psychology, 4(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-024-00132-7

Attafuah, P. Y. A., Amertil, N., Sarfo, J. O., Deegbe, D. A., Nyonator, D., Amponsah-Boama, C., & Abuosi, A. A. (2022). ‘I decided to attend to him because it’s my duty’: Student Nurses perception and attitude towards care of older adults. BMC Medical Education, 22(1), 1-7.

Deegbe, D. A., Tshabalala, A. M., Aziato, L., & Casteleijn, D. (2022). Meanings of quality of life among people living with epilepsy in Ghana; a qualitative exploratory study. Epilepsy & Behavior, 129, 108527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108527

Deegbe, D.A., Aziato, L., & Attiogbe, A. (2020). Experience of epilepsy: Coping strategies and health outcomes among Ghanaians living with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 104, 106900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.106900

Deegbe, D.A., Aziato, L., & Attiogbe, A. (2019). Beliefs of people living with epilepsy in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana. Seizure Eur J Epilepsy, 73(October), 21–5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2019.10.016.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses

NURS 613:     Quantitative Research Methodology

NURS 615:     Advanced Statistics and Data Analysis

NURS 648:     Advanced Mental Health Nursing

NURS 656:     Gender Studies in Nursing

Undergraduate Courses

NURS 344:     Management of Major Psychiatric Disorders

NURS 343:     Principles of Psychiatric Nursing

NURS 238:     Classification and Management of Mental Disorders

NURS 455:     Biostatistics

NURS 114:     Psychology for Nurses

MNUR 301:    Introduction to Biological Aspects of Psychiatric and Psychopharmacology

MNUR 302:    Adult Mental Health Nursing I

MNUR 303:    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing

MNUR 305:    Mental Health Nursing Practicum I

MNUR 306:    Mental Health Nursing Practicum II

MNUR 401:    Adult Mental Health Nursing II

MNUR 403:    Substance Abuse and Related Disorders

MNUR 405:    Mental Health Nursing Practicum III

MNUR 406:    Mental Health Nursing Practicum IV