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Sociodemographic factors related to quality of life among premenopausal women in Ibadan, Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2015) Okekunle A. P.; Akpa, O. M.; Akinyele, I. O.
Quality of life (QoL) of premenopausal women (PW) was assessed using primary data collected between September and December 2011. A 26-item questionnaire (WHO-QoL BREF) was administered to 285 apparently healthy women selected from two local government areas in Ibadan. The scores were categorized into poor (≤79.53) and good (>79.53) QoL. Multiple logistic regressions were used to study factors associated with QoL. The mean score for the overall QoL (OQoL) was 65.18 ± 11.35 (range = 81.25). The Cronbach’s alpha for all domains as well as the OQoL were within an acceptable range. The proportion of women with good OQoL was significantly higher in the urban areas (18.2 percent) than in the rural areas (9.2 percent) (p < .05). The proportion of respondents with good OQoL was significantly higher for women aged < .01). Teenage participants were almost ten times as likely to have a good social relationship than participants above 35 years of age (odds ratio: 9.52; 95% confidence interval: 1.83–49.40). The authors’ results Received June 29, 2013; revised August 18, 2014; accepted August 28, 2014. Address correspondence to Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, BSc, MPH, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 900001 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. E-mail: akinokekunle@gmail.com 646 Downloaded by [Texas A & M International University] at 03:05 06 November 2015 Sociodemographic Factors Related to Quality of Life 647 suggest that the WHO-QoL BREF is a reliable instrument for measuring QoL among PW in Nigeria. Younger PW and women in the urban areas were more likely to have good QoL.
Sociodemographic factors related to quality of life among premenopausal women in Ibadan, Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2015) Okekunle A. P.; Akpa, O. M.; Akinyele, I. O.
Quality of life (QoL) of premenopausal women (PW) was assessed using primary data collected between September and December 2011. A 26-item questionnaire (WHO-QoL BREF) was administered to 285 apparently healthy women selected from two local government areas in Ibadan. The scores were categorized into poor (≤79.53) and good (>79.53) QoL. Multiple logistic regressions were used to study factors associated with QoL. The mean score for the overall QoL (OQoL) was 65.18 ± 11.35 (range = 81.25). The Cronbach’s alpha for all domains as well as the OQoL were within an acceptable range. The proportion of women with good OQoL was significantly higher in the urban areas (18.2 percent) than in the rural areas (9.2 percent) (p < .05). The proportion of respondents with good OQoL was significantly higher for women aged < .01). Teenage participants were almost ten times as likely to have a good social relationship than participants above 35 years of age (odds ratio: 9.52; 95% confidence interval: 1.83–49.40). The authors’ results Received June 29, 2013; revised August 18, 2014; accepted August 28, 2014. Address correspondence to Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, BSc, MPH, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 900001 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. E-mail: akinokekunle@gmail.com 646 Downloaded by [Texas A & M International University] at 03:05 06 November 2015 Sociodemographic Factors Related to Quality of Life 647 suggest that the WHO-QoL BREF is a reliable instrument for measuring QoL among PW in Nigeria. Younger PW and women in the urban areas were more likely to have good QoL.
Substance use and psychosocial functioning of adolescents in Benue state, Nigeria: Assessing the role of age
(African Journal Online, 2019) Akpa O. M.; Okekunle A. P.
Aim: To assess whether Substance Use (SU) is associated with Psychosocial Function (PF) among adolescent. Methods: Using a self-administered validated instrument, we obtained information on demographic, SU (defined as self reported affirmative use of one or more of any form of alcoholic drinks, cigarettes, hemps etc) and PF [using the adolescent psychosocial functioning inventory comprising of three subscales; optimism and coping strategies (OCS), behaviour and relationship problems (BRP) and general psychosocial dysfunction designed (GPD)] among 2272 apparently healthy adolescents. PF was categorized as ‘elevated’ if the psychosocial functioning index (PFI) score were >75th percentile, otherwise, ‘not elevated’ and multivariable-adjusted logistic regression was used to compute odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of SU for elevated PF risk. In addition, we applied Johnson Neyman (JN) technique to identifying the JN significance regions at which age moderated the SU-PF relationship at a statistical significance of two-sided P<0.05. Results: Prevalence of SU and elevated PF was 50.7% and 79.8% respectively. Prevalence of elevated PF differed insignificantly by sex, but the proportion of adolescent with elevated PFI on SU (82.6%) was significantly higher (P<0.001) compared to those with elevated PFI but not on SU (76.9%). Multivariable-adjusted odds of decreased OCS risk given SU exposure was; OR (95%CI): 1.3791 (1.1458-1.6698), P=0.0007. Similarly, multivariable-adjusted odds of elevated PF risk in the light of SU exposure was; OR (95%CI): 1.4286 (1.1617-1.7567), P=0.0007. Furthermore, the JN significance regions for moderated regression analyses of odds of decreased OCS risk was between 10.4years [OR (95%CI): 0.5820 (0.1411-1.0228), P=0.0097] and 16.7years [OR (95%CI): 0.3025 (0.0001-0.6050), P=0.0500]. Conclusion: Adolescents on SU are about one and half times at risk of psychosocial dysfunction and age significantly attenuated the SU-decreased OCS risk link particularly in early adolescence.