Browsing by Author "Adedoyin, O. T."

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    Cutaneous disorders of adolescence among Nigerian secondary school students
    (Pan African Medical Centre for Public Health Research and Information, 2020) Oyedepo, J. T.; Katibi, O. S.; Adedoyin, O. T.
    Introduction: a community-based, age-specific survey of skin disorders is usually necessary to characterize the true burden of skin disease among a given population and help to tailor health care personnel training and delivery towards the prevalent disorders in resource poor settings. Methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study among adolescents attending secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. A thousand and three hundred students were recruited from public and private secondary schools through a multi-staged stratified random sampling method. Information was obtained via a semi-structured questionnaire and all students underwent a physical examination. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. Information generated was presented with tables and figures. Results: the prevalence of skin disease in the study was 66.5%. More females, mid-adolescents, students in senior class and those attending public schools had skin disorders. The most prevalent skin disease were: acne vulgaris, pityriasis versicolor, tinea capitis, pityriasis capitis and traction alopecia. Conclusion: skin conditions are highly prevalent among the adolescent population. Infective and inflammatory skin conditions appear to be more prevalent than other classes. Most times, only a few skin disorders account for the bulk of dermatoses affecting this age group. Adolescent skin healthcare should be subsidized because of the high prevalence of skin disorders in this age group
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    Dermatological disorders and dermatology-specific quality of life among secondary students in public and private schools in Kwara state, Nigeria
    (2022) Oyedepo, J. T; Katibi, O. S.; Adedoyin, O. T.
    Introduction: Skin problems are very common and often affect people in very visible places leading to significant physical and psychological distress. Adolescents go through physiologic changes in their body during puberty with associated psychosocial changes. Having to live with skin disorders during these years can have life-long impact. This study aimed to describe the spec trum of skin disorders in adoles cents attending secondary schools in Kwara state and evaluate the dermatology-specific quality of life of those affected by skin disor ders. Objective: To describe the spec trum of skin disorders among ado lescents in secondary schools and evaluate the impact of skin disor ders on the dermatology-specificquality of life of those affected. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. We exam ined 1000 students from 16 public and private secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara state. Participant selection was done using a multi- staged stratified random sampling method. The impact on quality of life was evaluated with the CC –BY 4.0 Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) to deter mine their dermatology-specific Quality of life. Data obtained was analyzed with SPSS version 20and was presented using tables and figures. Results: The prevalence of skindisease in the study population was 68.4%. The most common skin disorders in order of decreas ing frequency were: acne, pityria sisversicolor, dermatophytoses (Including tinea capits, tinea cor poris, tinea pedis, tinea unguium and tinea cruris), pityriasis capitis and traction alopecia. About three- quarters of those with skin disease reported an effect on their quality of life. The most frequent effect on Qol was attributed to the symp toms and feelings elicited by skin disease. Discussion: This study found a high prevalence of skin disease in adolescents with most of them reporting an effect on their quality of life resulting from their skin problem however this was mostlya mild effect
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    Hypothetical views on some unusual disease associations with sickle cell anaemia.
    (College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2010) Adedoyin, O. T.; Adesiyun, O. O; Adeboye, M. A. N; Mark, F.
    Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a disease accompanied with several complications arising mainly from vasoocclusion and haemolysis. There are also complications of infections which may occur due to defective cell mediated and humoral immunity. However, there are associations that have been observed to be unusual in children with sickle cell anaemia from anecdotal experience. These include febrile seizure, malignancies, malnutrition, cerebral malaria, tuberculosis and connective tissue disorders. There are anticipated connections between some of these illnesses and SCA. However, the fact that they do not occur commonly, raise the probability that certain yet unknown factor in the sickle cell patient may be protecting these patients against them.