Browsing by Author "Olowolafe, E.O"

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    Perception and practice of Postnatal Exercise among Women attending secondary health facility in North-Central, Nigeria.
    (Department of Human Kinetic, University of Ilorin, Ilorin., 2019) Onasoga, O.A; Olowolafe, E.O; Aluko, J.O; Yusuf, S.B
    Post-partum women do not engage in exercises despite its beneficial effects. Therefore, therefore, this study was designed to determine the perception and practice of postnatal exercise among postnatal women attending secondary health facility in North-Central, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used for the study and purposive sampling technique was used to select the 204 postnatal women who were willing to participate in the study. Data were collected using self structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the statistical product and service solution (SPSS) version 24.The results were presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics with level of significance set at 0.05. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (92.6%) had positive perception regarding benefits of post natal exercise despite their poor practice (66.2%). The major barriers to practice of postnatal exercise identified were lack of exercise partner (81.4%), lack of knowledge about postnatal exercise (70.1%), lack of encourage from family or friends to exercise (63.3%), lack of access to appropriate and affordable exercise facilities (52.0%) and child care (51.0%). Therefore, adequate information should be given about postnatal exercise to women during antenatal period, with emphasize place on benefits, when to start and how to do the various exercises, so that even without the encouragement from friend and family, postnatal women would be motivated to engage in physical exercises during postnatal period.
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    Perception and Utilization of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) Among Adults in A Rural Nigerian Community.
    (Faculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin., 2021) Onasoga, O.A; Aluko, J.O; Olowolafe, E.O; Adewoye, O.T
    Long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) are key preventive intervention that reduces the burden of malaria if well utilized; therefore, this study was designed to determine perception and utilization of LLINs among adults in a rural Nigerian community. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used for the study and purposive sampling technique was used to select the 301 adults who are permanent residents of the community and were willing to participate in the study. Data were collected using validated structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the statistical product and service solution (SPSS) version 24.The results were presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics with level of significance set at 0.05. The study revealed that that 150 (49.8%) of the respondents were between 20-30 years of age, 181 (60.1%) were female. and 153 (50.8%) had tertiary level of education. Only 169 (56.1%) of the respondents possess LLINs despite 220 (73.1%) had positive perception regarding LLINs. utilization of LLINs was also low among participants 181 (60.1%). Conclusively, there is need to motivate adults in the community toward the utilization of LLINs in the prevention and control of malaria. Furthermore, government, ministry of health and NGOs should ensure that every adult own a net either through large community coverage or at a cost that every individual should be able to afford.
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    Prevalence, Aetiology and Management of Neo-Natal Sepsis in The Special Care Baby Unit of A Teaching Hospital in South-West Nigeria
    (Faculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin., 2021) Aluko, J.O; Onasoga, O.A; Olasunkanmi, I.A; Olowolafe, E.O
    Neonatal sepsis is one of the most common reasons for admission to neonatal intensive care units in developing countries. It is also a major cause of mortality in both developed and developing countries. This retrospective descriptive study assessed the prevalence, aetiology and management of neonatal sepsis in a teaching hospital in South-West, Nigeria. A checklist was used by the researchers to collect data from the records. Data were cleaned, coded and analyzed using the SPSS version 20. Data were presented using frequency tables, while the chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at p≤0.05 level of significance. Results from the study indicate that half of the children admitted were out born, and 81.6% had neonatal sepsis on admission. Moreso, results show that 81.2% initiated breastfeeding, while 16.4% were fed by tube. However, 10.1% of the babies died. Also, results from the study indicate that the greater proportion of the neonates, 51.2% were out-born, while 17.9% were admitted from private hospitals and home, respectively.In addition, 23.2% of the women delivered via elective caesarean section. Results from the study also show that 18.4% of the participants had hypertension, while 12.1% had pre-eclampsia and 15.5% of the respondents had premature rupture of membranes, while 13.5% had prolonged labour.There is a great need to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with neonatal sepsis to the barest minimum by ensuring that women are educated on proper infection control and treatment of maternal illnesses. Conditions surrounding labour such as frequent vaginal examinations, which could lead to neonatal sepsis should also be reduced to the barest minimum in order to reduce the risks of developing neonatal sepsis.