Assessment of workhour feeding practices, healthy behaviour score and body mass index of physicians in Northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional multi-centre study.

Background: The increasing prevalence of obesity and overweight among health workers calls for an appraisal of their lifestyle. This study assessed medical practitioners' workhour feeding and lifestyle practices and explored the relationship between these practices and their body mass index (BMI).

Methods: The survey involved 321 medical practitioners selected from 9 northern Nigeria hospitals in 2021.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Stress, Anxiety and Depression amongst Primary Care Patients with Hepatitis B and C Infections in Nigeria.

Background: Globally, more than 350 million people live with viral hepatitis, out of which over 20 million are in Nigeria. The prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress among patients with viral hepatitis in the primary care setting is not well established.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and factors associated with depression, anxiety and stress among hepatitis patients in a primary care clinic in North Central Nigeria using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ2), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD 2) and Kessler 6 scales respectively.

BATHE Consultation Model and Patients' Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial among Adults with Chronic Illness in a Tertiary Health Facility in North-Central Nigeria.

Introduction: BATHE is a consultation model mnemonic that stands for Background, Affect, Trouble, Handling, and Empathy. It is gaining fame in medicine because it offers person-centered care in time constrained setting and does not interfere with the physicians' ability to see large number of patients in a given day. We investigated the satisfaction scores of patients with chronic illnesses using BATHE model and the usual care (Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan, SOAP) model in a busy family medicine clinic.

Knowledge of venomous snakes, snakebite first aid, treatment, and prevention among clinicians in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional multicentre study.

Background: Snakebite envenoming causes considerable morbidity and mortality in northern Nigeria. The clinician's knowledge of snakebite impacts outcome. We assessed clinicians' knowledge of snakebite envenoming to highlight knowledge and practice gaps for possible intervention to improve snakebite outcomes.

An epidemiological study of the burden of trauma in Makurdi, Nigeria.

Background: Trauma leads to considerable morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to elucidate the pattern and characteristics of trauma at Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Case records of all patients who presented to the Accident and Emergency (A and E) Department with trauma between January and December 2013 were analyzed for demographic data, types of injuries sustained, causes and circumstances of injuries, as well as outcome of treatment were extracted from the case files and entered onto a computerized questionnaire.

Problems with administration of international prostate symptom score in a developing community.

Background: The IPSS form has been found useful for assessing symptom severity, which assists in treatment choice and in monitoring patients on therapy. The form should be self-administered and requires some level of literacy. We assessed the problems associated with its administration in a developing community.

The relationship between prostate volume and international prostate symptom score in Africans with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Objective: To determine the relationship between prostate volume and international prostate symptom score (IPSS) in Africans with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Patients And Method: This was a prospective study of 120 men aged between 45 to 85 years, who were referred to the urology outpatient facility for treatment of clinical BPH between July 2007 and October 2008 in Jos University Teaching Hospital. These patients were properly evaluated; a digital rectal examination was done to estimate the prostate size.

Surgical rescue and restoration of renal function in a post-hysterectomy anuric patient--a case report.

Unlabelled: The recovery of renal function following release of urinary tract obstruction with advanced azotemia determines both the need for emergency dialysis in the early postoperative period and the long term planning for chronic kidney disease management.

Method And Results: The case of a 60-year-old woman with a anuria following a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy done in a peripheral hospital presenting in the emergency unit two weeks after the surgery is presented. Her management and subsequent restoration of renal function are discussed.

Digital rectal examination for prostate cancer: attitude and experience of final year medical students.

Objective: Prostate cancer which tends to take an aggressive course in black populations can be detected by digital rectal examination (DRE). There are concerns however that medical students are not acquiring the necessary DRE skills. We therefore studied their experience and attitude towards DRE for prostate cancer to assist us make any necessary adjustments in training.