Browsing by Author "Okesina, K.B."

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    Assessment of Perceived Family Psychological Support among Depressed Patients in two Psychiatric Hospitals Kaduna State,
    (The Tropical Journal of Health Sciences, 2020-10) Olorukooba, H.O.; Tukur, B.M.; Sheikh, T.L.; Anyebe, E.E. .; Olorukooba, A.A.; Okesina, K.B.; Hayat, G.; Ibitoye, B.M.
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    Assessment of perceived family psychological support among depressed patients in two psychiatric hospitals in Kaduna State.
    (College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2020) Olorukooba, H.O.; Tukur, B.M.; Sheikh, T.L.; Anyebe, E.E.; Olorukooba, A.A.; Okesina, K.B.; Hayat, G.; Ibitoye, B.M.
    A family member experiencing mental illness or any other challenge usually finds the family as the first point of support. Family members supply the required psychological support and care for the affected family member. This study assessed the perceived family psychological support among depressed patients in Psychiatric Hospitals, Kaduna State Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive cross sectional research design. One hundred and forty-four (144) depressed patients were randomly selected from Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH) both in Kaduna State. Statistical package social sciences (SPSS) version 22, was used to analyse the data. The results showed that 40% of the 144 participants claimed to be psychologically supported by their families. This means that less than half of the depressed patients under review, had high level of perceived psychological support from their family members. Females received more family psychological support than their male counterparts. Recovery rate, using the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS), was significantly correlated with the level of family members’ psychological support. It is therefore, recommended that more focus should be placed on enhancing more family psychological supports for depressed patients most especially in the areas of encouragement towards health education, religious and / or spiritual activities, brightening the moods of their patients, and more moral support. Also, family focused psycho education should be provided to family members of depressed patients by the professional care givers.
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    The effect of Momordical charantia leaf extract on white blood cell count in albino rats.
    (Published by Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria., 2010) Ojulari, L.S.; Okesina, K.B.; Bisiriyu, M.A.; Ayinla M.T
    Momordical charantia is among the mist bitter of all fruits. Several studies revealed that, this plant has anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic, antifungal, anti-leukemic, anti-protozoal, antibacterial, anti-fertility, antiviral and hypoglycemic effects. We aim to study the effect of MC on the immune system. This study involved 25 rats and they were divided into 5 groups each comprising of 5 rats. The aqueous extract of Momordical charantia was administered orally with syringes and cannula to 4 groups (A,B,C,D) at different doses (80mg/kg, 100mg/kg, 120mg/kg and 140mg/kg body weight per day respectively) to investigate its effect on white blood cells count and the last group served as the control and they were given drug vehicle (normal saline) only. The results showed a significant decrease (p<0.05) in mean white blood cells count of all experimental animals when compared to the control group at the end of the administration which lasted for two weeks. The decrease in white blood cells count was most significant at the highest dose administered (140mg/kg body weight). There was a significant increase (p<0.05) in mean neutrophils count of two groups (A and C) when compared to the control group while the remaining two groups showed no significant change (p>0.05). the study showed that M.charantia caused significant changes in white blood cells count when administered orally and that this effect was probably dose dependent.