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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 and Acceptance of Covid-19 Vaccine Among Adult Residents of a Rural Community in Kwara State, Nigeria(2022-07-19) Ameen, Hafsat Abolore; Adana, NS; Aibinuomo, OR; Ibraheem, Rasheedat M; Oladiji, F; Alatishe-Muhammed, BW; Tijani, RO; Adeyemi, OM; Bolarinwa, OA; Uthman, MMB; Abdulraheem, IS; Ahmed, KABackground: The rapid production and approval for the use of the Covid-19 vaccine has attracted a lot of skepticism leading to hesitancy in taking the vaccine among many people globally, and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Objective: This study aimed at determining the reasons behind the non-acceptance or outright refusal of the Covid-19 vaccine by the people of Ogbondoroko, a rural community in Kwara State, Nigeria. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed and 568 respondents were selected using multistage sampling. IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for data analysis. Test of association was done using Chi-square at a significance level of P< 0.05 at a 95% confidence. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 48 ± 18.29 years and there was a female preponderance of 408 (71.9%). Majority of the respondents were married (82%); are mostly artisans and earn less than 50 US dollars per month. About half (49.0 %) of the respondents have no formal education. Most of the respondents 544 (95.8%) heard about the Covid-19 vaccine over the radio/television 260 (47.8%) and from health workers 233 (42.8%). Most of the respondents 481 (88.4%) were willing to receive the vaccine. Factors such as age, marital status, employment status, and income of the respondents were significantly associated with awareness of Covid-19 vaccine among them (p≤ 0.05). Conclusion: There was a high level of awareness and acceptance of Covid-19 vaccine amongst rural dwellers in the study area. The use of audience-targeted mass media should be upheld in the dissemination of health messages in the study area in order to continue to achieve the desired results.Item Knowledge and Pre-marital Haemoglobin Genotype Screening Practices of Religious Leaders in Ilorin Metropolis, North central Nigeria(2022-05-15) Ameen, Hafsat Abolore; Aibinuomo, OR; Abdulsalam, ST; Ibraheem, Rasheedat M; Alatishe-Muhammed, BW; Oladiji, FNigeria has a high prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) which results in significant morbidity and mortality. Premarital genetic screening for Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) is a cost-effective means of curbing the menace. This study determined the knowledge and practices of religious leaders in the Ilorin metropolis towards pre-marital genotype determination. A descriptive cross-sectional study design and multistage sampling technique were used to select 271 respondents. IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used for data analysis. Results were presented in prose, tables, and frequency counts while the test of association between variables was done using Chi-square and Fischer's Exact test at a significance level of < 0.05 and confidence level of 95%. Less than half 93 (39.4%) of the respondents knew both parents contribute to a child acquiring SCD while up to 109 (40.2%) strongly agreed that SCD is serious and should be a hindrance to marriage. More than half of 160 (59.0%) respondents recommend pre-marital genotype counseling for intending couples and 156 (57.6%) had recommended pre-marital genotype screening for couples. Up to 165 (60.7%) of the respondents with a tertiary level of education practiced premarital screening of their congregants (p=0.004) and 127 (58.3%) of respondents with good knowledge of SCD also practiced pre-marital screening (p=0.001). Religious leaders in the study area have a considerably high level of knowledge of pre-marital genotype screening and demonstrated a moderate level of practice. Religious leaders in the study area could serve as advocates in awareness creation and community mobilization for pre-marital haemoglobin genotype screening.Item Knowledge of Oocyte Donation procedure and Health Consequences: a Cross-Sectional Survey of Female Undergraduates in North-Central Nigeria.(2022-05) Ameen, Hafsat Abolore; Olaitan, OL; Arimiyau, S; Musa, OA; Ibraheem, Rasheedat M; Abdulrahim, HA; Aderibigbe, SAEgg donation is a form of assisted reproductive technology used to help women with infertility. Though egg donation might attract some material benefit, potential egg donors often do not have knowledge of the associated health risks. This study investigated the knowledge of female undergraduates in Kwara State, north-central Nigeria, about oocyte donation to infertile couples. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in 2018 involving 559 female undergraduates recruited through a multi-stage sampling technique. An adapted questionnaire validated and tested for reliability was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25 software. Descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentages were used to answer research questions and Chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses at a <0.05 level of significance. Majority of the respondents were 15-20 years old (66.3%, 371) unmarried (96.8%, 541), Muslims (60.5%, 338), Yoruba (82.8%, 463), first-year students (54.4%, 304). Most of the respondents had poor knowledge of oocyte donation (60.3%, 337); poor knowledge of oocyte donation procedure (69.9%, 391), and poor knowledge of the health risks associated with oocyte donation (65.5%, 366). The study revealed that female undergraduates in the study area have poor knowledge of oocyte donation, its procedure, and the attendant health consequences. Universities in the study area should include oocyte donation as a topic in General Studies (GNS) in order to equip students with adequate information on the potential benefits and drawbacks of oocyte donation.Item Pattern and Predictive Factors of Health‑related Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension, Diabetes and Concomitant Hypertension with Diabetes in Ilorin, Nigeria(Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal - Wolters Kluwer: Medknow, 2016) Bolarinwa, Oladimeji Akeem; Ameen, Hafsat Abolore; Sanya, Emmanuel Olatunde; Kolo, Philip Manma; Durowade, Kabir Adekunle; Uthman, Mohammed-Mubashir Babatunde; Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Biliaminu, Sikiru Ayobami; Odeigah, Loius Okeibunor; Akande, Tanimola MakanjuolaBackground: Hypertension and diabetes are the two most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Nigerian population. Because of the lifelong nature of the two diseases and the attendant long treatment regimen required, assessing the health‑related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome of these diseases. Objective: This study assessed the pattern and predictive factors of HRQoL among patients with hypertension, diabetes and concomitant hypertension and diabetes using the 36‑item short‑form version 2. Patients and Methods: A cross‑sectional study of 1203 patients attending the outpatient clinics of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin; the patients were sampled using systematic random sampling methods. Patients were divided into those with hypertension, diabetes and both diseases. The predictors of physical and mental component summaries of HRQoL were analysed using Norm‑based Scoring. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05 and 95% confidence interval. Results: The patients with both diseases have lowest physical HRQoL (45.6), while the diabetic patients have the worst mental HRQoL (39.5). Negative predictors of physical HRQoL across the three groups were: drug regimen (hypertension P < 0.001, diabetes P < 0.001, both P = 0.005), CVD complication (hypertension P < 0.001, diabetes P = 0.025) and accompanying persons (P < 0.001). The positive predictors of physical HRQoL across the three groups were medication adherence (hypertension P < 0.001, diabetes P < 0.001 and both P = 0.002). Similarly, medication adherence was the positive predictor for mental HRQoL across the three groups of patients (hypertension P < 0.001, diabetes P = 0.001 and both P < 0.001). Conclusion: This study provided evidence to show that HRQoL across the three categories of patients in Ilorin, Nigeria, is suboptimal. Drug regimen, medication adherence and support from accompanying persons were important predictive factors of HRQoL.