Browsing by Author "Sheikh, T.L."

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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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    Mood disorders and their management in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution.
    (Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria., 2010) Aiyelero, O.M.; Kwanashie, H.O.; Sheikh, T.L.; Hussaini, I.M.
    ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the management of mood disorders at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) with a view to suggesting improvements. The method employed was retrospective and utilized patients hospital records for a period of one year, using structured data forms. All patients diagnosed of mood disorders (n- 145) were included in study. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 11. The results showed that patients were managed with pharmacotherapy alone in 35.2% of cases, or with a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Drugs employed mainly were antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine (73.8%%) and trifluoperazine (52.4%); antidepressants like tricyclics- amitripty line (63.4%); sedative-hypnoties which were mainly diazepam (49.7%) and nitrazepam (45.5%). Other drugs included anticonvulsants as mood stabilizers e.g. carbamazepine (35.2%); and benzhexol (83.4%). Most patients (74.5%) experienced side effects to the drugs, such as weakness, headaches and excessive sleep which were managed by reduction in dosage /frequency of administration, discontinuation of the implicated drugs and use of adjunct to treat side effects. Electroconvulsive therapy was the principal form of non-pharmacological management employed, others being counseling, psychotherapy, traditional medicine and religion. Pharmacoeconomic analysis showed the average cost of drugs per patient per annum to be NI5,772.27 and NI8,136.04 for psychiatry and total drugs (i.e. both psychiatry and non-psychiatry drugs) respectively; which was considered high given the unemployment status of most patients (60.7%). Mood disorders at ABUTH were still being managed by the traditional drugs, mainly typical antipsychotics and tricyclic antidepressants rather than the newer more effective, but expensive drugs like lamotrigine and venlafaxine. It is suggested that concerted efforts to subsidize treatment (including use of newer drugs), be made e.g. via increased enrolment into the National Health Insurance Scheme.