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Item Dermatology Quality of Life Impairments among Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDSInfected Patients in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (Uith), Ilorin, Nigeria(Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2013) Shittu, R. O.; Odeigah, L. O.; Mahmoud, Abdulraheem O.; Sani, M. A.; Bolarinwa, O. A.The study sought to describe the quality-of-life impairments in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients with cutaneous lesions. This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study of 160 newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients attending the HIV/AIDS clinic of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Systemic random sampling technique was used in recruiting respondents for the study. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to gauge the quality-of-life impairments. The study showed high prevalence of cutaneous lesions in HIV/AIDS-infected patients. Majority of the respondents (83.7%) scored more than 10 in DLQI score. This signifies that the skin lesions had large negative effects on their quality of life. The assessment of the impact of dermatoses on patients’ quality of life is important for clinical management. It is pertinent to detect patients at higher risk of experiencing worse quality of life in order to treat them holistically.Item Predictors of Cost of Follow-up Care among Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Attending a Teaching Hospital, North Central, Nigeria(Journal of Health Science research, 2018) Bolarinwa, O. A.; Abdulahi, A.; Sanya, E. O.; Kolo,P. M.; Ameen,H. A.; K. A. Durowade4 ,; Uthman , ,M. M. B.; Ogunmodede, J. A.; Buliaminu , S. A.; Odeigah, L. O.; Akande, T. M.Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension and diabetes mellitus (type II) remain major causes of cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of hypertension and diabetes remain high in Nigeria while the initial and follow-up management are almost entirely hospital-based. This constitutes huge financial burden not only to the patients, care givers and families, but also to the health system and the government. Information on basic cost of care of hypertension and diabetes and of those having both diseases as co-morbidities is still scanty in Nigeria. There is need to study the factors that strongly determine cost of follow-up care among this group of patients. Methodology: This study is a hospital-based cross-sectional study of 1,203 hypertensive and diabetic patients attending general and medical outpatient clinics of a teaching hospital in Nigeria. Results: The patients spend N6,401 ($32.16) on the average whenever they attend follow-up clinic. Close to three quarter (71.3%) of the patients spent more than 30 minutes to access follow-up clinic while similar proportion (74.3%) spent more than an hour waiting to be seen at the clinics. Major predictors of cost of follow-up care among hypertensive and Diabetics were; Drug, transportation and laboratory costs. Other predictors were; Male gender, long waiting time, accompanies persons; and co-morbidity of hypertension and diabetes. Conclusion: This study recommended that strategies that will reduce the cost of drugs, laboratory tests, and reducing waiting time will reduce the cost of managing hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria.Item Predictors of Cost of Follow-up Care among Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Attending a Teaching Hospital, North Central, Nigeria(Journal of Health Science Research, 2018) Bolarinwa, O. A.; Abdulahi, A.; Sanya, E. O.; Kolo, P. M.; Ameen, H. A.; Durowade, K. A.; Uthman, M. M. B.; Ogunmodede, J. A.; Buliaminu, S. A.; Odeigah, L. O.; Akande, T. M.Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension and diabetes mellitus (type II) remain major causes of cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of hypertension and diabetes remain high in Nigeria while the initial and follow-up management are almost entirely hospital-based. This constitutes huge financial burden not only to the patients, care givers and families, but also to the health system and the government. Information on basic cost of care of hypertension and diabetes and of those having both diseases as co-morbidities is still scanty in Nigeria. There is need to study the factors that strongly determine cost of follow-up care among this group of patients. Methodology: This study is a hospital-based cross-sectional study of 1,203 hypertensive and diabetic patients attending general and medical outpatient clinics of a teaching hospital in Nigeria. Results: The patients spend N6,401 ($32.16) on the average whenever they attend follow-up clinic. Close to three quarter(71.3%) of the patients spent more than 30 minutes to access follow-up clinic while similar proportion (74.3%) spent more than an hour waiting to be seen at the clinics. Major predictors of cost of follow-up care among hypertensive and Diabetics were; Drug, transportation and laboratory costs. Other predictors were; Male gender, long waiting time, accompanies persons; and co-morbidity of hypertension and diabetes. Conclusion: This study recommended that strategies that will reduce the cost of drugs, laboratory tests, and reducing waiting time will reduce the cost of managing hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria.Item Prevalence of heamoglobin genotype screening and awareness of SCD among undergraduate students of Unilorin.(The official Journal of the College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria., 2016) Ameen, H. A.; Abidoye, A. K.; Alatishe-Muhammad, B. W.; Aderibigbe, S. A.; Uthman, M. M. B.; Bolarinwa, O. A.; Akande, T. M.Nigeria has the highest number of homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS) in the world with a prevalence of 1.3%. About a quarter of Nigerian populations (24%) are carriers of the mutant gene (HbAS) and annually about 150, 000 children are born withsickle cell anemia.This study aimedat determining the prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) and factors affecting the acceptance and practice of premarital genotype screening among Undergraduates of University of Ilorin, Nigeria. This descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out amongst 440 newly admitted undergraduates ofUniversity ofIlorinduring the 2014/ 2015 academic yearrecruited using multi-stage sampling method. Data was gathered using a semi-structured self administered questionnaire and the respondents' genotypes were determined by the use of an electrophoresis machine (electrophoresis equipment model MUPID-EXU Japan). Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16 software package. A p - value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant at 95% confidence level.The ages of the respondents ranged from 15 to 34 years with a mean age of 19.05 ± 2.61 years. Slightly more than half of the respondents (53.0%) had normal haemoglobin genotype HbAA while about 32.7% were carriers of the abnormal haemoglobin gene (HbAS). The prevalence of SCD was 7.8%, 6.2% and 1.3% for HbAC, HbSS and HbSC respectively. Even though majority of the respondents (72.3%) had fair knowledge of the disease, only a quarter (28.2%) of them had ever done their genotype test prior to the study. Factors that positively influenced respondents' practice of premarital genotype screening included; age, being married, parental educational background and being in science-related field.The prevalence of SCD is high among the study population and the knowledge and practice of premarital haemoglobin genotype is still unpopular. There is the need for continuous health education on the disease in relation to the pivotal role of premarital genotype screening in its prevention.Item Willingness to support antenatal blood donation among married men in a Metropolitan City in North-central Nigeria.(The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria., 2015) Ameen, H. A.; Isiaka-Lawal, S.; Okesina, B. S.; Shittu, R. O.; Sanni, M. A.; Uthman, M. M. B.; Bolarinwa, O. A.Aims and Objectives: Improving blood availability through voluntary or compulsory antenatal blood donation is pivotal to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Willingness to donate blood is adjudged to be an important step to the actual practice of donating blood. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and willingness of men towards antenatal blood donation. Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive cross‑sectional study. A multi‑stage sampling technique was used to recruit 500 married men into the study using interviewer‑administered questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 16 software package. Pearson’s Chi‑squared test was used to test for significant associations between variables. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: More than half 300 (60%) of the respondents had good knowledge of antenatal blood donation in general. Majority (85.8%) of the respondents were willing to support voluntary blood donation. The overall attitude to blood donation was positive in 77.8% of the respondents. A significantly higher proportion 268 (89.3%) of respondents with good knowledge of antenatal blood donation were willing to donate blood (P = 0.0006). Conclusions: The majority have good knowledge and positive attitude towards antenatal blood donation. However, there is need to urgently transform this positive attitude to action through continual public enlightenment to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.