Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin City, Nigeria.

Background: The Sleep Quality Questionnaire (SQQ) is a short and easy-to-understand resourceful tool for measuring poor sleep quality; however, it remains to be validated.

Aim: The focus of this study is to determine its reliability and validity among Nigerian adolescents.

Setting: Four gender-mixed schools within Benin City, Nigeria were selected to participate in the study.

Gender and other risk factors associated with risky behaviours among Nigerian adolescents.

Risky behaviours in adolescents, apart from substance use, and their associate factors, have not been thoroughly investigated in Nigeria. Hence, there is a need to study the prevalence of risky behaviours and their relationship with gender and other potential risk factors. Data comprising socio-demographic, risky behaviours, personality traits, religious orientation and substance use were obtained from 300 randomly selected secondary school students.

Prevalence and correlates of depression and anxiety disorder in a sample of inmates in a Nigerian prison.

Background To The Study: Prisoners tend to be marginalized and deprived of the rights and privileges that other citizens in the community enjoy. Their separation from families, adverse effects on health of prison environment, and the uncertainty about the future place a great psychological burden on them which can lead to the development of mental illness.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity (depression and anxiety) and the associated factors among a sample of the prison inmates.