Browsing by Author "Olokoba, A.B."

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    COVID-19 related disruption of out-patient services: an opportunity for integrating telemedicine into clinical practice in public hospitals in Nigeria.
    (The Biomedical Communications Consult, 2020) Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Ogunmodede, A.J.; OYELEKE, O.A.; Bolarinwa, O.A.; Buhari, O.I.N; Kolo, P.M.; Olokoba, A.B.
    In December 2019, the first cases of a viral pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Deep thoroughput sequencing of airway secretions of the patients revealed a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2. On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) named the disease Coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) and declared it a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. As the COVID-19 cases escalated, it became a source of tremendous disruption of the lives and means of livelihood of huge populations of people worldwide. The pandemic continues to spread and the number of cases of COVID-19 worldwide numbered a cumulative 22,034,395 with 776,801 deaths as at August 17, 2020. (Worldometer COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020) Nigeria had recorded 49, 485 cases and 977 deaths by the said date while South Africa leads the continent’s tally of the disease with 589,886 cases and 11,982 deaths – the fifth highest in the world. (Worldometer COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020). The implementation of measures instituted to limit the spread of the disease by most national governments included wearing of face masks in public and restriction of human movement and physical interaction.
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    The Indirect victims of COVID-19: perception of non- COVID-19 patients about the effect of closure of the medical outpatient services on their health.
    (West African College Of Physicians, 2022) Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Ogunmodede, A.J.; Dele-Ojo, B.F; Bello, A.H.; Bolarinwa, O.A.; Bojuwoye, M.O.; Yusuf, I.A.; Abiola, T.S; Olokoba, A.B.; Kolo, P.M.
    BACKGROUND: In order to reduce COVID-19 transmission and protect healthcare workers, the outpatient departments (OPDs) in many hospitals worldwide were closed down in the early days of the pandemic. Patients being managed for chronic medical illnesses who subsequently suffered reduced access to healthcare have been described as “the patients left behind”. AIM: The study aimed at assessing the impact of the closure of the Medical OPD in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on the health and perceived well-being of patients with chronic medical illnesses. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 180 patients with chronic medical illnesses attending the MOPD in UITH. RESULTS: Mean age of participants was 50.2±18.2years, 92 (51.1%) were male, median duration of attending MOPD was 21 months (IQR 12-36). 92 patients (51.1%) perceived a negative affectation of their well-being by the closure of MOPD. Being >50 years was associated with a perception of negative affectation of well-being (P=0.042). 140 patients (77.8%) had clinic appointments that fell within the period under review. 67(69.3%) of the 97 patients who had medical complaints during the period could not reach a doctor and this was associated with a perception of negative affectation of their wellbeing. The commonest action they took was to do nothing (28.3%), three (4.5%) resorted to herbal concoctions. 19 (29.9%) felt their complaints were urgent. CONCLUSION: Our study identifies that patients with chronic medical illness are potential victims of COVID-19 related disruption of healthcare services. Healthcare managers in Nigeria must develop alternatives such as telemedicine that sustain face-to-face medical interaction during eventualities.
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    Self-reported symptoms of uninvestigated dyspepsia among university staff in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (College of Health Sciences, Osun state University, Osogbo., 2016) Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Bojuwoye, M.O.; Olokoba, A.B.; Bolarinwa, O.A.; Kolo, P.M.
    Objectives: Dyspepsia is a common gastrointestinal (GI) symptom which impacts negatively on quality of life, workplace efficiency and overall productivity. Many studies on dyspepsia in our environment are hospital based, but being a complaint frequently treated first by self-medication before presentation to the hospital, such studies may underestimate its prevalence. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of the dyspepsia and its associated factors among administrative staff of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Pretested structured, close-ended, interviewer-administered questionnaires were administered to 53 administrative staff selected across the different units by stratified random sampling. The questionnaire obtained information about subject's experiences of dyspeptic symptoms and presence of associated factors such as family history, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), tobacco and alcohol use, and presence of diabetes mellitus (DM). Results: The prevalence of uninvestigated dyspepsia among the respondents was 37.5%. Age was significantly predictive of the occurrence of dyspepsia among the subjects Odds Ratio- 1.46, 95% Confidence Interval (1.042-2.045) P=0.03. Use of NSAIDS, presence of DM, family history and tobacco use were not predictive of occurrence of dyspepsia. Conclusion: The prevalence of dyspepsia is high among respondents in the study.