Healthcare professionals' perceived stigmatization about direct care of COVID-19 Patients: development and validation of the discrimination about COVID-19 (DisCOV-19) instrument.

Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health concern worldwide. Healthcare professionals are among the most vulnerable groups in the fight against COVID-19 because they are directly involved in the care of at-risk persons and patients with Covid-19.

Objectives: This study aimed to measure the level to which healthcare workers feel that they can be discriminated due to their involvement in the direct care of COVID-19 patients.

Extent of community pharmacists' care of clients with depression in Enugu, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Community pharmacists play a crucial role in the care of people with depression. This study aimed to evaluate the level of care provided by community pharmacists for clients with depression in Enugu, Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among randomly selected community pharmacists in Enugu, Nigeria.

The participation of community pharmacists in the case management of malaria in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Nigeria accounts for approximately 25% of the global malaria burden. Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children and pregnant women. Pharmacists play vital roles in the fight against malaria.

How do patients prefer specialized clinical pharmacy service to other prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus services? An evaluation of their willingness to pay and willingness to accept choices and ratios.

What Is Known And Objective: Donor agencies provide most of the funds for HIV services in developing countries. Due to the global economic downturn, there has been a reduction in funding for HIV-related services in Nigeria. This study compared the willingness to pay (WTP)-willingness to accept (WTA) ratios for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services to specialized clinical pharmacy services among patients of two Nigerian hospitals.

Assessment of health-related quality of life and its determinants in the pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease.

Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is increasingly being considered as a critical parameter to measure how the disease affects patients' health status, especially for long-term ailments like chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to assess the HRQoL and its determinants in pre-dialysis patients with CKD.

Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited patients with CKD stages one to four.

Kidney Disease Knowledge and Its Determinants Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

The alarming rise in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in Nigeria is likely to continue if patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) lack knowledge of this disease, its management, and practices to support effective self-management. The study aimed to assess CKD knowledge and to investigate its predictors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a paper-based questionnaire at the medical and nephrology outpatients' clinics of a secondary and tertiary hospital in Maiduguri.

Evaluation of medication adherence and predictors of sub-optimal adherence among pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: Multiple medications are required to effectively manage chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated complications, posing the risk of poor medication adherence.

Objectives: To measure medication adherence levels and to investigate the potential predictors of sub-optimal medication adherence in pre-dialysis patients with CKD.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted in the medical and nephrology outpatients' clinics in Maiduguri.

Willingness-to-Accept and Willingness-to-Pay Ratios of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services in a Nigerian Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Contingent Valuation Study.

Background: In Nigeria, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treatment and care services, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) inclusive , are accessed free of charge by patients due to finanacial support from donor agencies. This trend may not be sustainable in the future due to the present global economic realities. Hence, there is the need to ascertain the readiness of PMTCT patients to pay for such services.

Willingness to pay for pharmacist-provided home telemonitoring among patients with chronic diseases in Enugu metropolis.

Home telemonitoring is a promising approach in the management of patients with chronic diseases. However, no study has assessed its acceptability and possible service charge in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate willingness to pay for pharmacist-provided telemonitoring among patients with chronic diseases and to explore its determinants.

Evaluation of Health Status of Type 2 Diabetes Outpatients Receiving Care in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the health status of type 2 diabetes patients in a Nigerian tertiary hospital, and examine the sociodemographic and clinical variables that predicted the health status of type 2 diabetes patients in terms of utility valuations and EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) score.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 147 diabetes patients attending the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria. The EQ-5D-5L instrument, version 2.

Evaluation of drug-drug interactions among patients with chronic kidney disease in a South-Eastern Nigeria tertiary hospital: a retrospective study.

Introduction: The risk of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is high in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitating dose adjustments or the avoidance of drug combinations. This study aimed to evaluate DDIs among patients with CKD in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, South-East Nigeria.

Methods: This study was a retrospective review of patients with CKD who received treatment at the nephrology unit of UNTH between January 2004 and December 2014.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Prostate Cancer among Male Staff of the University of Nigeria.

Prostate cancer is the number one cancer in males in Africa, both in terms of incidence and mortality, accounting for 40,000 (13%) male cancers and 28,000 (11.3%) male cancer-associated deaths. In the developed world, the probability of being diagnosed with cancer is more than twice as high as in developing countries.

Satisfaction of HIV patients with pharmaceutical services in South Eastern Nigerian hospitals.

Background: Pharmacists play an important role in the care of HIV patients especially by providing pharmaceutical care. Thus it is imperative to assess the experience and satisfaction of HIV patients with the pharmaceutical services they receive as this will ensure that quality care is provided.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess HIV-infected patients' satisfaction with pharmaceutical services provided in South-Eastern Nigeria's HIV/AIDS clinics.

Does the clinical clerkship course improve students' attitudes towards pharmaceutical care?

Objective: The clinical clerkship course undertaken by final year pharmacy students to improve their pharmacotherapeutic knowledge and professional competence was tested in this study to see its effect on students' attitudes towards pharmaceutical care.

Methods: A 13-item Pharmaceutical Care Attitude Survey (PCAS) questionnaire was administered to final year pharmacy students at the University of Nigeria, before and after the 8-week-long clinical clerkship course. Statistical analyses were conducted on retrieved data.

Antiulcer activity of methanolic extract and fractions of Picralima nitida seeds(Apocynacaea) in rats.

Objective: To investigated the antisecrectory activities of the methanol extract, chloroform fraction and methanol fraction of Picralima nitida seeds.

Methods: The methanol extract of Picralima nitida seeds was fractionated into chloroform fraction and methanol fraction. They were evaluated for antiulcer activity and gastric emptying time in rats using aspirin-pylorus-ligation model.

Antidiabetic effect of combined aqueous leaf extract of vernonia amygdalina and metformin in rats.

This study investigated the antidiabetic activity of the various combinations (ratios) of metformin (50 mg/kg) and aqueous extracts of the leaves of Vernonia amygdalina (100 mg/kg). The ratios of Extract to Metformin were 1:1, 2 1, and 2:1 and distilled water (control, p.o.

A review of anti-hypertension therapies in diabetic patients.

The objective of this study was to review published articles on the issues surrounding tight blood pressure control in hypertensive diabetics. Relevant medical subject headings (MeSH) terms and keywords to review scientific literatures were developed. These MeSH terms were used to generate MEDLINE searches that focused on English-language, peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Predictors of self reported adherence to antihypertensive medication in a nigerian population.

Objectives: Poor adherence to anti-hypertensive medication severely compromises the effectiveness of treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that are associated with poor adherence in a sample of hypertensive patients in Nsukka, Nigeria.

Methods: The study employed a cross sectional, household survey to identify cases of hypertension in Nsukka.