Stress-coping strategies among bankers in Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Work-related stress is the reaction individuals may have when faced with work expectations and forces that are not in tandem with their skill set and capacities and which frustrate their ability to cope. Coping strategies are paradigms used to limit the impact of stressful experiences, thus inhibiting the psychological and physical responses and making it more possible to maintain normal functioning at the time.

Aim: This study aims to determine how bankers cope with stress from work in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria.

Perceived Work Stress and Quality of Life Among Bankers in Southwest Nigeria.

Work-related stress is the response people may have when presented with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and challenge their ability to cope. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life (QOL) as individuals' perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns. This study aimed to determine the pattern of perceived work stress and its impact on the QOL of bankers in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria.

Knowledge of and practices related to smoking cessation among physicians in Nigeria.

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and practices of smoking cessation among physicians in Nigeria.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in Lagos and three geopolitical zones of Nigeria. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on tobacco use and its health effects, as well as on the knowledge and practices of smoking cessation, from 436 physicians.