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Item Family dysfunction among depressed HIV/AIDS patients on HAART, in a secondary health institution, in North Central Nigeria(Elsevier Urban & Partner, 2014-02) Shittu, R.O.; Issa, B.A.; Olanrewaju, G.T.; Mahmoud, A.O.; Odeigah, L.O.; Sule, A.G.Objective: Family and caregiver distress can impair optimal care and support of the patients, particularly those suffering from stigmatizing diseases requiring life-long treatment such as HIV/AIDS. This study aimed at determining the relationship between family dysfunction and depression among HIV/AIDS patients.Methods: This was a hospital based, cross sectional, descriptive study, of 300 adult HIV/AIDS patients attending the HIV clinic. Depression was assessed using the PHQ-9 scale. A family APGAR questionnaire was then used to determine, the prevalence of self-reported family dysfunction, among the depressed patients.Results: The prevalence of depression among the HIV/AID patient was 56.7% with the following level of depression viz., minimal 109 (64%), mild 44 (25.9%), moderate 10 (5.9%), moderately severe 3 (1.8%), and4 (2.4%), severely depressed. Moreover, there was severe family dysfunction in 75 (44.1%) and moderate dysfunction in 48 (28.2%) of the respondents. Only 47 (27.6%) had highly functional family.Conclusion: Depression is very prevalent among HIV/AID patient. They have low family APGAR score,because family dysfunction is a common problem among them. There was a significant association between depression and family dysfunction. This may partly be responsible for non-disclosure of their HIV/AID status to their family members.Item The Iron Status of Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015) Sani, M.A.; Adewuyi, J.O.; Babatunde, A.S; Olawumi, H.O; Shittu, R.O.Objectives. Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is one of the commonest genetic disorders in theworld. It is characterized by anaemia, periodic attacks of thrombotic pain, and chronic systemic organ damage. Recent studies have suggested that individuals with SCA especially from developing countries are more likely to be iron deficient rather than have iron overload. The study aims to determine the iron status of SCA patients in Ilorin, Nigeria. Methods. A cross-sectional study of 45 SCA patients in steady state and 45 non- SCA controls was undertaken. FBC, blood film, sFC, sTfR, and sTfR/log sFC index were done on all subjects. Results. The mean patients’ serum ferritin (589.33 ± 427.61 ng/mL) was significantly higher than the mean serum ferritin of the controls (184.53 ± 119.74 ng/mL).Themean serum transferrin receptor of the patients (4.24 ± 0.17 𝜇g/mL) was higher than that of the controls (3.96 ± 0.17 𝜇g/mL) (𝑝 = 0.290). The mean serum transferrin receptor (sTfR)/log serum ferritin index of the patients (1.65 ± 0.27 𝜇g/mL) was significantly lower than that of the control (1.82 ± 0.18 𝜇g/mL) (𝑝 = 0.031). Conclusion. Iron deficiency is uncommon in SCA patients and periodic monitoring of the haematological, biochemical, and clinical features for iron status in SCA patients is advised.