Evaluation of Patients' Satisfaction with Healthcare Services Provided at the National Health Insurance Authority Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in South-West, Nigeria.

Background: Patient satisfaction is an essential indicator used for measuring the quality of health care delivered to a patient and contributes to strategies for the improvement of healthcare delivery. This study assessed patients' satisfaction with the quality of care at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) clinic in a tertiary health facility.

Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional design with 320 respondents who completed a semi-structured questionnaire.

Exploring Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Managing Hypertension During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.

This systematic review aimed to explore the efficacy of both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in managing hypertension during pregnancy. It analyzed high-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs), focusing on outcomes related to maternal and fetal health. The findings demonstrated that antihypertensive medications, particularly labetalol and nifedipine, effectively reduced the risks of severe preeclampsia (PE), preterm birth, and other complications.

Assessment of Depressive Symptoms and Sociodemographic Correlates of Adult Patients Attending a National Health Insurance Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital, Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Depression affects individuals across all age groups, genders, and socio-economic backgrounds. Socio-demographic correlates of depression may include factors such as age, gender, education level, income, and marital status. These factors, including the presence of chronic diseases, have been shown to impact the prevalence and severity of depression.

Assessment of knowledge of chronic kidney disease among non-nephrology nurses in Akure, South-West Nigeria.

Health workers require adequate knowledge of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to be able to play their role in reducing the burden of CKD. Most previous studies focused on assessing knowledge of doctors on CKD; however, nurses are also important in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of CKD. This study assessed the knowledge of non-nephrology nurses on CKD with the aim of identifying areas of knowledge gaps which will be targets for future educational programs.

Communication of patients' worries in a psychiatric unit in Nigeria: a comparative study of patient-patient and patient-nurse communication.

The main question examined by this study is: do psychiatric patients communicate their worries more accurately to nurses than to other patients? The study also looked into the relationship between sex and diagnosis of patients' illness on the one hand, and the number of worries reported on the other. Subjects interviewed were in-patients who had stabilised in the ward. The patients, as well as nurses and colleague patients they nominated, used the "Hospital Patients Worry Inventory" to describe the things patients worry about while in hospital.