Correlates of Quality of Life in Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Study From Southwestern Nigeria.

Objective: Quality of life and its correlates were studied in two groups of family caregivers of patients with major mental disorders-Schizophrenia (SZ) and Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD).

Method: Family caregivers of SZ and BPAD patients were consecutively recruited to the study (n=100 for each group). Caregivers were screened for quality of life (QOL) measures, caregiver burden, symptoms of anxiety and depression, using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF), the Pai and Kapur Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Inventory (HADS) respectively.

Akwa Ibom AIDS indicator survey: Key findings and lessons learnt.

Background: The burden of HIV/AIDS epidemic is huge, but this varies widely by population in Nigeria. Data that could be used to guide the scale up of HIV prevention and control strategies has significant gaps. The study sought to estimate the prevalence of HIV and its associated determinants in Akwa Ibom state.

Self-esteem following maxillofacial and orthopedic injuries: preliminary observations in sub-Saharan Africans.

Background: The face is a vital component of one's personality and body image while extremities are important in function (mobility, routine daily activities). Recovery and rehabilitation from acquired maxillofacial and orthopedic traumas are psychological in nature.

Methods: This was a prospective study of recruited subjects in a Nigerian University teaching hospital.

Comparative study of anxiety and depression following maxillofacial and orthopedic injuries. Study from a Nigerian University Teaching Hospital.

This study hopes to compare levels of anxiety and depression in the maxillofacial and orthopedic injured patients over a period of 12 weeks. This was a prospective, repeated measure design. A total of 160 participants (80 with maxillofacial and 80 with long bone fractures) had repeated review follow-ups within 1 week of arrival in the hospital (Time 1), 4-8 weeks after initial contact (Time 2) and 10-12 weeks thereafter (Time 3), using hospital anxiety and depression scale questionnaire.

Trust in Physician Scale: factor structure, reliability, validity and correlates of trust in a sample of Nigerian psychiatric outpatients.

Background: Trust is essential in the patient-physician relationship and has not been explored among Nigerian psychiatric outpatients.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Trust in Physician Scale among a cross-sectional sample of stable Nigerian outpatients receiving treatment for psychiatric disorders.

Methods: A consecutive sample of outpatients attending a Nigerian university teaching hospital psychiatric clinic in South-western Nigeria completed the scale (N=223).

[Burden and psychological distress among Nigerian family caregivers of schizophrenic patients: the role of positive and negative symptoms].

Objective: To determine the relationship between symptoms of schizophrenia and caregiver burden/distress among caregivers of people with schizophrenia in southwestern Nigeria.

Method: One hundred and one family caregivers of 101 patients with schizophrenia were recruited into the study. Caregivers were screened with the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) to measure caregiver burden and the 30 item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) to measure psychological distress.

[Demographic and clinical correlates of length of stay in a Nigerian university hospital psychiatric unit].

Objective: To investigate the clinical and demographic correlates of prolonged hospital stays in a cohort of Nigerian psychiatric in-patients.

Methods: The investigation covered a 5 year period of psychiatric inpatient admissions at a Nigerian general hospital psychiatric and the records of 584 admitted and discharged patients that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were analyzed. Data were collected on demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

Psychological complications of maxillofacial trauma: preliminary findings from a Nigerian university teaching hospital.

Purpose: This study sought to determine 1) the prevalence of psychological distress in a series of subjects who sustained maxillofacial injuries and 2) temporal changes in psychological functioning over 12 weeks compared with baseline values.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective, repeated-measures design study of consecutively recruited subjects at a Nigerian university teaching hospital. A total of 51 subjects with facial injuries had repeated follow-up assessments (10 days, 6 to 8 weeks, and 10 to 12 weeks) after the trauma, using standard instruments.

Demographic factors and clinical correlates of burden and distress in relatives of service users experiencing schizophrenia: a study from south-western Nigeria.

Caregivers burden is an important area of clinical work that is often neglected, particularly in relatives of patients with psychosis. The aim of the present study is to examine if some demographic factors and symptoms of illness bear a relationship with burden and distress levels in their caregivers. This cross-sectional study involved patients with chronic schizophrenia and their relatives.