Illness perception amongst adults with multimorbidity at primary care clinics in Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Although shreds of evidence are emerging to show the role of illness perceptions in the health outcomes of patients, most of the previous studies have been on single chronic conditions.

Aim: To assess the illness perceptions and the associated factors amongst adults with multimorbidity.

Setting: General outpatient clinics of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Perceived Family Support and Medication Adherence amongst Hypertensive Outpatients in a Tertiary Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: Adherence to medications is a primary determinant of treatment effectiveness and studies have shown that the level of adherence is positively correlated with treatment outcomes in patients with chronic diseases. Besides, an association has been reported to exist between family support and good health outcome. Determining the relationship between medication adherence and family support will assist physicians in offering holistic care to patients with hypertension.

Bacteremia Among Febrile Patients Attending Selected Healthcare Facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: The relative contribution of bacterial infections to febrile disease is poorly understood in many African countries due to diagnostic limitations. This study screened pediatric and adult patients attending 4 healthcare facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria, for bacteremia and malaria parasitemia.

Methods: Febrile patients underwent clinical diagnosis, malaria parasite testing, and blood culture.

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.