Publications by authors named "Odinka J"
Background: Adolescent problem gambling is a common behavioural issue and could be associated with internet addiction.
Objectives: To determine the pattern of problem gambling and factors that predict gambling among adolescents that attended secondary schools in southeast Nigeria.
Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study design.
Background: Previous studies have found religion as a useful tool in coping with chronic medical conditions including HIV/AIDS. Aim: This study assessed how religiosity and religious coping are associated with quality of life (QOL) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Patients And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 140 HIV clinic attendees of a Nigerian tertiary health facility.
Background: Internet addiction has negative effects on adolescents. These range from psychological and social impediments to school absenteeism.
Aim: To ascertain the pattern of Internet addiction and the factors that predict Internet addiction among secondary school adolescents in southeast Nigeria.
Background: Postpartum depression and anxiety could cause poor mother-infant relationship that could impair infant growth and cognitive development. Psychiatric assessment has not been part of periodic evaluations in postnatal clinics. Some apparently well, but high-risk mothers continue to live with psychological distress, without treatment to relieve their burden.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many studies have noted the high prevalence of post-partum depression (PPD) and anxiety associated with poor marital satisfaction, albeit amidst a dearth of literature on comorbid PPD and anxiety among women in Nigeria.
Objective: The study was aimed to assess the prevalence of PPD and anxiety, and to investigate their relationship with marital satisfaction in low-risk women in Enugu, Southeastern Nigeria.
Method: A cross-sectional study of 309 randomly selected nursing mothers at two tertiary health institutions.