Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression among Resident Doctors in Nigeria: A Multi-Center Study.

Background: Depression is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease. Several studies have shown that depression in resident doctors is more common than that in the general population. However, data on the prevalence of depression among resident doctors in Nigeria is limited.

Discordant rapid HIV tests: lessons from a low-resource community.

Objectives: HIV rapid antibody tests are widely used in Africa, but dual testing sometimes produces discordant results. It is not clear if discordant rapid HIV tests should always heighten suspicion by frontline health workers that early HIV infection is present. Some studies have reported that discordant rapid tests have value for identifying early HIV infection in high HIV prevalence populations.

Mobile phone use for a social strategy to improve antiretroviral refill experience at a low-resource HIV clinic: patient responses from Nigeria.

In sub-Saharan African areas where antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are not available through community pharmacies, clinic-based pharmacies are often the primary source of ARV drug refills. Social pressure is mounting on treatment providers to adjust ARV refill services towards user-friendly approaches which prioritize patients' convenience and engage their resourcefulness. By this demand, patients may be signalling dissatisfaction with the current provider-led model of monthly visits to facility-based pharmacies for ARV refill.

Clinical profile, knowledge, and beliefs about diabetes among patients attending a Tertiary Health Centre in Lagos: A cross-sectional survey.

Introduction: Diabetes affects 347 million people worldwide; more than 80% of the affected live in low- or middle-income countries. Patients' beliefs about their medical conditions are important in helping physician focus on beliefs that needed to be changed or reinforced. The overall aim of this study was to improve the standard of care of patients with diabetes.

Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.

Background: Mammography has been used in developed countries with considerable success but very little is known about this imaging modality in low resource settings. This study examined the level of awareness of mammography and determined factors influencing the level of awareness.

Methods: We conducted a hospital based cross sectional study to investigate the level of awareness of mammography among 818 randomly selected women attending the General Outpatient clinics (GOP) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria.

The influence of socioeconomic and nutritional status on menarche in Nigerian school girls.

A study of 352 randomly selected secondary school girls in an urban population in Southern Western Nigeria revealed a mean menarcheal age of 13.94 +/- 1.31 years and that 76.

Effect of suxamethonium, pancuronium, neostigmine and halothane on serum cholinesterase activity.

Serum cholinesterase (Ch E) estimations were done in 30 healthy Nigerians scheduled for elective surgical procedures and were studied in two groups. Half of the patients were given general anesthesia using a muscle relaxant technique and the other half had halothane as the main anesthetic. Suxamethonium reduced Ch E by 9%, pancuronium by 25% and neostigmine by 58% compared to preinduction levels.