Prevalence of Mental Ill-Health among Visually Impaired Patients in a Tertiary Institution in Southwestern Nigeria.

Background: To study the mental health status of patients with visual impairment in a tertiary institution in Southwestern Nigeria.

Objectives: To determine the mental health status of individuals with loss of vision in Ogbomoso and associated factors.

Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Survey of the attitudes of nigerian ophthalmologists to and resources for ophthalmic research.

Aim: To study the views of ophthalmologists on their attitude to and the resources for ophthalmic health research in Nigeria and draw appropriate policy implications.

Materials And Methods: Structured questionnaires were distributed to 120 ophthalmologists and ophthalmic residents who were attending an annual congress in Nigeria. Data were collected on background information, importance attributed to research, motivation for conducting research, funding, ethical oversight, literature search, and statistical support.

Ophthalmic research priorities and practices in Nigeria: an assessment of the views of nigerian ophthalmologists.

Purpose: To study the views of ophthalmologists on research priorities and outcomes in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 120 ophthalmologists and ophthalmic residents who were attending an annual congress in Nigeria. The participants' background information, relative research priorities, frequency of publications, research types, publication media, challenges faced in publishing and impact on health practice or policy were collected.

Survey of medical specialists on their attitudes to and resources for health research in Nigeria.

Aim: To study the views of medical specialists on their attitude to and the resources for health research in Nigeria and draw appropriate policy implications.

Materials And Methods: Structured questionnaires were distributed to consenting 90 randomly selected medical specialists practising in six Nigerian tertiary health institutions. Participants' background information, importance attached to research, motivations for conducting research, funding, ethical oversight, literature search, and statistical support were probed.

Perceptions of Nigerian medical specialists on research.

The current research aimed at collating the views of medical specialists on disease priorities, class and outcomes of health research in Nigeria, and draw appropriate policy implications. Structured questionnaires were distributed to consent 90 randomly selected medical specialists practising in six Nigerian tertiary health institutions. Participants' background information, relative disease priority, research types and class, type and class of publication media, frequency of publications, challenges faced in publishing research, impact of their research on health practice or policy, and inventions made were probed.