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A Study of dental caries prevalence in 12–14 year old school children in Ibadan, Nigeria
(2005) Denloye, O.; Ajayi, D.; Bankole, O.
The aim of the study was to determine dental caries prevalence among a representative sample of 12–14 year old school children in Ibadan, Nigeria with a view of determining Restorative Index and Met Need Index of the studied population. Dental caries was diagnosed according to the WHO method. Out of the 577 children in the age group, 65 children (11.2%) had dental caries experience as expressed with the DMFT index. More than 85% of the children were caries free. A mode of one DMFT was the highest score for the children although a 14-year-old pupil had DMFT score of 6. Female children had higher mean DMFT score of 2.03 1.13 compared with 1.78 1.0 for males (P 0.05). The Restorative Index (RI) and Met Need Index (MNI) for the children were very low as only the 14-year-old children had an RI of 3.45% and MNI of 0.11. Restorative Index reﬂects the restorative care of those who have suffered the disease and it is measured as a ratio of ﬁlled to ﬁlled plus decayed teeth percent that is F/F D percent. Met Need Index is an indication of treatment received by an individual and it is measured by the ratio of the mean missing plus ﬁlled teeth to mean decayed, missing and ﬁlled teeth that is M F/DMF. Since cost of management, which may be out of the reach of these children, has been identiﬁed as one of the factors militating against their receiving treatment, the result of this study suggest that oral health education with emphasis on correcting snacking habits of school children is desirable.
Factors contributing to the duration of postpartum abstinence among Nigerian women: semi-parametric survival analysis
(Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Fagbamigbe, A. F.; Awoyelu, I. E.; Akinwale, O. L.; Akinwande, T. Y.; Enitilo, B. K.; Bankole, O.
Background: The duration of postpartum abstinence is on the decrease but has not been met with increased uptake of contraceptive in Nigeria. This imbalanced transition could result in shorter birth intervals and worsen maternal and child health outcomes. There is a paucity of information on the duration and predictors of time to end of postpartum abstinence in Nigeria. This study was aimed at understanding the time to end of postpartum abstinence and factors predicting the duration in Nigeria. Methods: The NDHS 2013 data was used. Data of all women who had ever given birth were included. The time to end of postpartum abstinence was censored among currently breastfeeding mothers. The Kaplan Meier Product Limit method was used to estimate the survival and hazard function while the Cox regression was used to fit a model for time to end of postpartum abstinence at 5% significance level. Data were weighed and provisions were made for multicollinearity. Results: The overall average duration of postpartum abstinence in Nigeria is 3 month. In all, 58% ended postpartum abstinence within the first three months while 18%, 10%, and 14% ended it within 4e6 months, 7e12 months and after one year respectively. Postpartum abstinence did not last beyond 3 months among 83% of the women in the North-West region, compared with 23% in the North Central region, and 34% in the South East. The Muslims had the highest proportion of women who ended postpartum abstinence within the first three months after delivery at 72% compared with Catholic women (31%). The median time to end of postpartum abstinence was lowest (2 months) among women from North West, Muslims, in poorest wealth quintiles and those with no education. The “hazard” of earlier resumption of sexual activity after birth was over 3 times more likely among women in the North West than those in the North Central (aHR ¼ 3.09, 95% CI: 2.95e3.24). Women using contraceptives had a 40% hazard of ending postpartum abstinence earlier. Rural women were 7.6% times less likely to end postpartum abstinence compared to their urban counterpart. Women from rich households have an excess risk of 14% to end postpartum abstinence early compared to women from poor households. Conclusion: Women of reproductive age in the North West, who are Muslims and with no education are at higher risk of ending postpartum abstinence early. Hence, policymakers and reproductive health stakeholders should design effective intervention targeted at this group of women as a means of controlling fertility.