Browsing by Author "Shittu, R. O."

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    Dermatology Quality of Life Impairments among Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDSInfected Patients in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (Uith), Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2013) Shittu, R. O.; Odeigah, L. O.; Mahmoud, Abdulraheem O.; Sani, M. A.; Bolarinwa, O. A.
    The study sought to describe the quality-of-life impairments in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients with cutaneous lesions. This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study of 160 newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients attending the HIV/AIDS clinic of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Systemic random sampling technique was used in recruiting respondents for the study. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to gauge the quality-of-life impairments. The study showed high prevalence of cutaneous lesions in HIV/AIDS-infected patients. Majority of the respondents (83.7%) scored more than 10 in DLQI score. This signifies that the skin lesions had large negative effects on their quality of life. The assessment of the impact of dermatoses on patients’ quality of life is important for clinical management. It is pertinent to detect patients at higher risk of experiencing worse quality of life in order to treat them holistically.
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    Willingness to support antenatal blood donation among married men in a Metropolitan City in North-central Nigeria.
    (The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria., 2015) Ameen, H. A.; Isiaka-Lawal, S.; Okesina, B. S.; Shittu, R. O.; Sanni, M. A.; Uthman, M. M. B.; Bolarinwa, O. A.
    Aims and Objectives: Improving blood availability through voluntary or compulsory antenatal blood donation is pivotal to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Willingness to donate blood is adjudged to be an important step to the actual practice of donating blood. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and willingness of men towards antenatal blood donation. Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive cross‑sectional study. A multi‑stage sampling technique was used to recruit 500 married men into the study using interviewer‑administered questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 16 software package. Pearson’s Chi‑squared test was used to test for significant associations between variables. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: More than half 300 (60%) of the respondents had good knowledge of antenatal blood donation in general. Majority (85.8%) of the respondents were willing to support voluntary blood donation. The overall attitude to blood donation was positive in 77.8% of the respondents. A significantly higher proportion 268 (89.3%) of respondents with good knowledge of antenatal blood donation were willing to donate blood (P = 0.0006). Conclusions: The majority have good knowledge and positive attitude towards antenatal blood donation. However, there is need to urgently transform this positive attitude to action through continual public enlightenment to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.