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Nurses’ knowledge and reported practice of palliative and end- of-life care nursing at the university college hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Assessment of Knowledge and awareness of global warming among inhabitants of industrial areas of an urban community in Nigeria
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ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND REASONS FOR MEDICATION NON-ADHERENCE IN AMBULATORY ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN A GERIATRIC CENTRE IN NIGERIA
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- Background: Little or no attention is given to hearing health of children with orofacial cleft. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and evaluate hearing thresholds of children with orofacial cleft in Nigeria. Methodology: Eighty-three consecutive children with orofacial cleft comprising, 12 (14.5%) cleft lip alone, 32 (38.5%) cleft lip and palate and 39 (47.0%) cleft palate alone, and 83 healthy controls participated in the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic and relevant medical information. Participants had ear, nose and throat examinations, visual reinforcement or condition play audiometry and tympanometry tests done. Statistical analysis was done with appropriate statistical tools, level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results: Mean age of cases was 22.83 ± 2.71 months and controls was 23.34 ± 2.54 months. Hearing loss was found in 28 (16.9%) ears of cases and 14 (8.5%) ears of controls (p=0.021). There was a significant difference between mean hearing thresholds of cleft palate ± lip and control (p<0.05). OME was present in 80 (48.2%) ears of cases and 17 (10.2%) ears of the controls (p=0.001). There was a statistically significant association between cleft palate ± lip and OME (p=0.0001, OR = 4.520 [2.353-8.681]). Conclusion: Otitis media with effusion and hearing loss were more prevalent among children with orofacial cleft palate than non-cleft children. Hence, routine early hearing and middle ear evaluations are recommended for inclusion in their management plan. 1 results 1
- Background: Palliative and End-of-Life (EoL) care nursing is the active total care of patients with advanced illness. The goal of this approach to care is the achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families. No member of the interdisciplinary team is more central to making these discoveries possible than the nurse. Care of patients with life-limiting diseases and dealing with death and dying is an integral part of oncology musing. In environments of best practice, nurses routinely identify and suggest patients to physicians for possible referral to palliative care and discuss potential referrals with families. Though studies from other parts of the globe had reported levels of knowledge and practice of palliative and EoL care amongst nurses; there is dearth of literature emanating from Nigeria, specifically on the knowledge and practice of palliative and EoL care nursing by professional nurses. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the few that have been published in Nigeria, focused mainly on knowledge of palliative care among healthcare workers. Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the knowledge and reported practice of palliative and EoL care nursing by nurses working at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria; in a bid to inform where gap in knowledge to practice may exist. Methods: This is a descriptive study utilizing cross-sectional design, 650 nurses in various nursing cadres, who were participating in the monthly continuing education program organized by the In- Service Education (ISE) department of UCH for nurses, over a period of twelve months. With the aid of a validated semi -structured questionnaire, information was elicited from the participants on demographic variables, education and training profile, and contents of nursing education curricula, years of working experience among others. On a 5-point Likert scale, their knowledge and principles of palliative and end-of-life care nursing were assessed. Their reported practice was also assessed. Results: The sample of 650 nurses was made up of 155(23.8%) university graduates and 495(76.2) diploma-prepared nurses. Three hundred and sixty four (32%) of the participants had component of palliative care nursing in their curricula, while 327(50.3%) had components of palliative care nursing and pain management in their curricula. Fifty-four (4.7%) had formal palliative care training post- qualification. Majority (81.2%) of the respondents claimed they apply the knowledge and principles of palliative care in their current practice. A little above fifty-nine percent (59.2%) had good knowledge of palliative care. However, the practice of some was poor (40.0%) and many (29.2%) also had poor attitude towards provision of palliative and EoL care to patients who are approaching EoL; evidenced by their inappropriate responses to the related questions. Conclusion: This study identified gaps in nursing knowledge and reported practice as it relates to palliative and EoL care nursing in the management of life-limiting diseases, such as cancer. It has provided the authors with baseline data that will be used to generate additional studies to further advocate for the need to integrate palliative and EoL care nursing components into nursing education curricula, both at the university and diploma levels. Our findings suggest a need for urgent review of nursing education curricula in Nigeria at both levels, and the input of all stakeholders especially the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria 1 results 1
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- Children' represent a particularly vulnerable group drat is likely to suffer disproportionately from both direct and indirect adverse health effects of climate change. Conservative environmental estimates of die impact of climate change that are already in process indicate that they-will result in numerous health effects to children. The study examined the effect of climate change on die health status of-children in Southwest Nigeria. One; hundred and twenty medical practitioners and two hundred and sixty parents of affected children were randomly sampled from ten health facilities in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Lagos States Data were collected through interview schedule and structured questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation at p < .0.05 level of significance. The result of die study indicated that 53.0% of die severely affected children are boys .and a significant relationship between climate change on gender (r-0.228, p-0.022 α-0.05). There was no significant relationship between age and climate change. More than half of die parents (87.0%). do not have access to adequate information on die negative effect of climate change on their children It was recommended that adaptation agenda that focuses on die realities of children’s health be pursued vigorously from die homes to die Federal government levels. Parents should be educated through print and electronic media on die need to plant trees to combat die effect of die ozone layers depletion. 1 results 1
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- Global warming with its attendant consequences such as extreme heat, natural disasters, poor air quality and allergens has increased health problems. The risk of injury, illness and resulting death among inhabitants are expected to be frequent and intense especially in areas with heavy industrial presence. The current low level of literacy and the socio-economic situation of Nigerians could be responsible for their low consciousness of this unpreventable changes in our climate in one hand and lack of willingness on the part of people to seek environmental health and safety information on the causes, effect and how to mitigate global warming on the other hand f This study focuses on assessment of knowledge and awareness of causes, effects and mitigating measures of global warming among inhabitants of industrial areas of Ibadan southwestern Nigeria. In this descriptive survey, purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 respondents from among the inhabitants of this area. A questionnaire with reliability co-efficient (r) of 0.78 was used for data collection. Two research questions were answered and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Statistical methods such as Chi-square, frequency count, simple percentage and pie chart were used for data analysis. (Results showed that only 20% had 34.0% had negative attitude while 81 (40.5%) were indifferent, all the three hypotheses were rejected. Consequently, it was deduced that respondents have significant knowledge of global warming. In recommendation, people's environmental health seeking behaviour should be promoted through multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and the development of inclusive environmental health and safety intervention strategies. 1 results 1
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