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Item Assessment of Willingness and Attitude of Female Undergraduates of Universities in Kwara State, Nigeria towards Egg Donation to Infertile Couples(2022-07) Ameen, Hafsat Abolore; Ibraheem, Rasheedat M; Oladiji, F; Abdulraheem, HA; Salaudeen, AG; Musa, OI; Aderibigbe, SA; Akande, TM; Abdulraheen, IS; Abdulsalam, TSBackground: Literature is limited on research focusing on attitudes and willingness of undergraduate females, who are the target population for egg donation clinics. This study investigated the attitude of female undergraduates in Kwara State, north-central Nigeria, towards ethical issues in egg donation and their willingness to donate egg to infertile couples. Methods: We used a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A multistage sampling technique was also used to select 559 female undergraduates in universities in Kwara State enrolled for the 2017/2018 academic session. An adapted questionnaire validated and tested for reliability (r = 0.86) was used for data collection. IBM SPSS version 20 was used to analyse the data. Percentage was used to answer research questions, while Chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The Results: Majority of the respondents were 15-20 years old 371 (66.3%), unmarried 541 (96.8%), Muslims 338 (60.5%), Yoruba (82.8%) and first-year students 304 (54.4%). Only a few respondents 100 (17.8%) believed it is good to support egg donation. Majority 357 (63.9%) believed that egg donors should be compensated (in cash or kind). Only 187 (33.4%) respondents agreed that egg donor and egg recipient should know each other. In addition, majority 503 (89.9%) of the respondents said they would not disclose their involvement in egg donation to their spouses. Slightly more than half (54.9%) of the respondents are not willing to donate their eggs for fear of the procedure, religious and cultural reasons. Conclusion: Female undergraduates in the study area are not in support of egg donation and are mostly unwilling to donate their eggs. The university authorities should include egg donation as a topic in General Studies (GNS) to keep female students abreast of issues in egg donation to enable them make informed decisions prior to donation.Item Knowledge of Blood Donation among Adults in North-Central Nigeria(Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, 2019-03) Salaudeen, AG; Durowade, KA; Durotoye, AI; Sanni, EO; Musa, OI; Akande, TMBackground: About half of the population in Nigeria is medically fit for blood donation but only four in one thousand are voluntary donors. The low level of blood donation has been attributed to poor knowledge, misconceptions, myths, bias, poverty, fear, malnutrition among the population. Therefore, this study assessed the knowledge of blood donation among adults in two selected North Central States of Nigeria. Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 3104 respondents comprising of adults between 18 and 60 years were involved in the study. A multistage sampling technique was used and the research tool was interviewer-administered questionnaire. The data generated were entered into the computer and subjected to appropriate statistical analysis using EPI INFO computer software package (version 3.5.3). Pearson Chi Square (χ 2 ) was used to test statistical significance and p-value was set at < 0.05. Results: Majority of the respondents 2565 (82.5%) knew that blood donation save lives. More than three-quarters, 2468 (79.5%), knew where to go for voluntary blood donation. About one-third, (37.1%), demonstrated good knowledge of voluntary blood donation. Older respondents (>60 years) had poor knowledge of blood transfusion compared with younger age groups (p<0.001). Respondents’ occupation and educational status were significantly associated with knowledge of blood transfusion (p<0.001) Conclusion: Periodic awareness programme on voluntary blood donation in rural and urban areas across Nigeria is needed. In addition, sensitization of the informal sector on the significance of non-remunerated voluntary blood donation should be given priorityItem Prescription Pattern at a Secondary Health Care Facility in Ilorin, Nigeria(African Medical Sciences Research Society, Sokoto, 2007) Akande, TM; Ologe, MOBackground/Objectives: Expenditures due to irrational use of drugs have been a strain on the meagre health budgets of several developing countries and inappropriate prescribing has been identified in many health facilities in developing countries. This study examines the prescription pattern in a secondary health facility. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this study. Three hundred and three randomly selected prescriptions issued to patients attending out-patients' clinics in the facility over a period of three months were examined. Data obtained was analyzed using EPI-INFO 2000 computer software. Results: Mean number of drugs per prescription in the health facility is 3.99 ± 1.55. At least 4 drugs were prescribed in 61.6% of the prescriptions. Generic prescribing was generally low. Out of a total of 1219 drugs prescribed 511 (41.9%) were prescribed in generic names. Analgesics, antimalarials, antibiotics and antihypertensives accounted for 19.7%, 10.2%, 13.0% and 4.9% of the drugs prescribed respectively. Only 124 (40.9%) of the prescriptions had all drugs prescribed available in the health facility. Conclusion: This study found practice of polypharmacy prevalent as found in other studies in developing countries among prescribers and prescription in generic names is low. Regular orientation and re-orientation of prescribers on rational drug prescription and prescription in generic names in conformity with national drug policies is necessary.