Browsing by Author "Musa, I.O."

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    Current Trend of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among Voluntary Blood Donors in North Central Nigeria
    (College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2021-07) Durotoye, I.A.; Salaudeen, A.G.; Sanni, E.O.; Durowade, K.A.; Babatunde, A.S.; Olawumi, H.O.; Akande, T.M.; Musa, I.O.
    Blood transfusion is an integral part of modem medicine which had saved many lives which would have been lost as a result of lack of blood. Although blood is needed for survival, it can also be a medium for the transmission of harmful infectious diseases. This study evaluated current trend of transfusion transmissible infections among voluntary blood donors in Nigeria. This was a descriptive community-based study involving 600 prospective voluntary blood donors among staff and students of 5 tertiary institutions in Kwara and Kogi States. Hepatitis B surface antigen and Hepatitis C antibodies were screened for using Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Bio-Inteco ELISA KIT, and Anti-HCV Bio-Inteco ELISA KIT, respectively. Screening for HIV was done with Enzyme immunoassay method using Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 1+2 Antigen Antibody ELISA KIT, product of Bio-Inteco HIV Diagnostics, UK. Testing for Syphilis was carried out using Rapid Plasma Reagin (RRR) test. Statistical analysis was done with IBM SPSS version 20. Level of significance was set at p< 0.05 The mean age of the subjects was 21.98 ± 5.17 years. Two thirds of the prospective blood donors were within the second decade of life and more than half were males. The prevalence of Hepatitis B among subjects were 4.7%, Hepatitis C,0.2%, HIV 1% and Syphilis 0%. The prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV were relatively high compared to Hepatitis C and Syphilis among voluntary blood donors, although lower than the prevalence among general population in Nigeria. In order to improve on blood transfusion safety, there is a need to increase public awareness on vaccination for hepatitis B virus, Quality control of screening methods and rational use of Blood.
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    Knowledge and prevalence of risk factors for arterial hypertension and blood pressure pattern among bankers and traffic wardens in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (College of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2014) Salaudeen, A.G.; Musa, I.O.; Babatunde, O.A.; Atoyebi, O.A.; Durowade, K A.; Omokanye, Lukman O.
    Background: High job strain, mental stress, sedentary lifestyle, increase in BMI are among the factors associated with significantly higher incidence of hypertension. The job of bank employees is both sedentary in nature and accompanies high mental stress. The aim of this study is to assess the level of knowledge of risk factors among respondents and to compare the blood pressure pattern of bankers and traffic wardens. Methodology: The study design is a descriptive cross-sectional conducted among bankers and traffic wardens in Ilorin to determine the pattern and knowledge of blood pressure. Self-administered questionnaires, weighing scale (Omron Digital scale), stadiometer and sphygmomanometer were used as the research instruments. Simple random sampling was used to select respondents involved in the study. Results: The prevalence of hypertension in this study was 34.4% in bankers and 22.2% in traffic wardens. The risk factors the bankers commonly had knowledge of are alcohol, obesity, high salt intake, certain drugs, stress, emotional problems and family history while the traffic wardens commonly had knowledge of all these in addition to cigarette smoking. Also, more bankers (32.2%) than traffic wardens (13.3%) were smoking cigarette and more of these cigarette smokers that are bankers (17.8%) had elevated blood pressure compared to the traffic wardens (3.3%). Conclusion: Workers in the banking industry as well as traffic wardens should be better educated about the risk factors of hypertension and bankers should be encouraged to create time for exercise.
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    Prevalence of snoring and symptoms of sleep disordered breathing among primary school pupils in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Associations of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2012) Alabi, S.; Abdulkarim, A.A.; Musa, I.O.; Adegboye, O.A.; Aremu, S.K.; Abdur-Rahman, L.O.; Omokanye, H.K.; Katibi O.S.; Bello, O.A.; Anoba S.; Abd’razaq-Folorunsho, M.
    Background/Aim: Snoring is the production of sound from the upper aero-digestive tract during sleep due to turbulent airflow This study is to determine the prevalence, pattern, night and daytime symptoms of snoring among nursery and primary school pupils in Ilorin, Nigeria due to its public health importance. Materials and methods: This cross sectional survey was carried out among nursery /primary school pupils in Ilorin, Kwara state between April and September, 2010.Ten schools were selected randomly from 100 schools sited within the 3LGAs of Ilorin municipality. Also private and public schools with different parental social economic status were selected. The pupils were selected from nursery 2 to primary 6 in each school using the class registers with the aid of a table of random numbers with 1500 children assessed. The parents/guardians were made to fill the questionnaires and same returned with visitations to the schools twice weekly and reminders sent via phone calls. Data were analyzed using EPIINFO 2002 version 2 software. Results: 1500 questionnaires were given out but 909 were completely filled and returned (response rate of 61%.). There were 598(65.8%) non snorers (NSn) and 311(34.2%) snorers (Sn) at different scales with 153 male snorers to 158 female snorers. The ages of the children ranges from 3 to 16 years (mean ! SD, 8.3 ! 4.8 years. The mean age for the Sn was 8.2 and 8.3 for NSn (range 3–6 years). No statistical difference in age, gender or socio-economic status between Sn and NSn. 598(65.8%) were non snorers (NSn) and 311(34.2%) were snorers (Sn) especially in the age groups 3–6 years, 121(38.9%) and above 6 years of age 101(32.7%) and below 3 years were 89(28%). Conclusion: Snoring is an important health problem among the pupils as a significant percentage snores and most of them are between third and sixth year of life.