Browsing by Author "Yusuf, B. O."

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Stressors and counseling needs of undergraduate nursing students in Ibadan, Nigeria
(Slark incoporated, 2004-09) Omigbodun, O. O.; Onibokun, A. C.; Yusuf, B. O.; Odukogbe, A. A.; Omigbodun, A. O.
Existing evidence suggests that nursing students have high levels of stress and that counseling and other support services should be made available to them. However, the stressors and counseling needs of undergraduate nursing students in Nigeria have yet to be explored. This study used a questionnaire to investigate the: stressors, counseling deeds, and desired counseling facilities of undergraduate nursing students at the University of Ibadan. Common stressors included excessive school work; financial 'problems, inadequate recreational facilities, and overcrowded accommodations. There was an association between reporting inconsiderate, insensitive lecturers as stressors and evidence of psychological distress. Nearly 60% of the respondents felt counseling would help them, and most desired counseling for academics, finances, and relationships. Most (78%) of the respondents preferred an independent facility with trained counselors. Desired characteristics for the services included accessibility, affordability, confidentiality, and a friendly atmosphere. Educators and administrators should use this information to design counseling facilities for students
Survival probability and predictors for woman experience childhood death in Nigeria: “analysis of north–south differentials”
(Biomed Central, 2012) Adebowale, A. S.; Yusuf, B. O.; Fagbamigbe, A. F.
Background: Childhood mortality rate is high in Nigeria. There is dearth of information on the comparison of childhood mortality probability and its causal factors in the Northern and Southern Nigeria. This study was designed to fill these gaps. Methods: Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 data was used. The first part of this study focused on women aged 15–49 who ever given birth to a child (n = 23,404), irrespective of the survival status of the child and the second part utilized all women aged 15–49 (N = 33,385). The outcome variable was experienced childhood mortality. Data was analyzed using Chi-square, logistic regression and Brass logit model. Results: Results showed that similar patterns of children’s death were observed in the two regions, but variation existed. Childhood mortality experienced was more pronounced in the North than the South, even when the potential confounding variables were used as control. Levels of education and wealth index showed an inverse relationship with childhood death in the regions (p < 0.05). The gap in childhood mortality experienced between the poorest and richest was wider in the North than the South. There was no significant difference in the risk of childhood mortality experienced by women in the urban and rural areas in the North (p > 0.05), but the difference was significant in the South (p < 0.05). The life-table mortality levels were lower in the North than the South, an indication of higher previous childhood mortality experience in the North than in the South. Across all childhood ages, the smoothed childhood mortality probabilities were consistently higher in the North than the South. Conclusion: Childhood mortality is higher in the Northern than Southern Nigeria. Improving women’s education, particularly in the North will alleviate childhood mortality in Nigeria.
The Nigeria wealth distribution and health seeking behaviour: evidence from the 2012 national HIV/AIDS and reproductive health survey
(Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2015) Fagbamigbe, A. F.; Bamgboye, E. A.; Yusuf, B. O.; Akinyemi, J. O.; Issa, B. K.; Ngige, E.; Amida, P.; Bashorun, A.; Abatta, E.
Background: Recently, Nigeria emerged as the largest economy in Africa and the 26th in the world. However, a pertinent question is how this new economic status has impacted on the wealth and health of her citizens. There is a dearth of empirical study on the wealth distribution in Nigeria which could be important in explaining the general disparities in their health seeking behavior. An adequate knowledge of Nigeria wealth distribution will no doubt inform policy makers in their decision making to improve the quality of life of Nigerians. Method: This study is a retrospective analysis of the assets of household in Nigeria collected during the 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS Plus 2). We used the principal component analysis methods to construct wealth quintiles across households in Nigeria. At 5% significance level, we used ANOVA to determine differences in some health outcomes across the WQs and chi-square test to assess association between WQs and some reproductive health seeking behaviours. Result: The wealth quintiles were found to be internally valid and coherent. However, there is a wide gap in the reproductive health seeking behavior of household members across the wealth quintiles with members of households in lower quintiles having lesser likelihood (33.0%) to receive antenatal care than among those in the highest quintiles (91.9%). While only 3% were currently using modern contraceptives in the lowest wealth quintile, it was 17.4% among the highest wealth quintile (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The wealth quintiles showed a great disparity in the standard of living of Nigerian households across geo-political zones, states and rural–urban locations which had greatly influenced household health seeking behavior.
Unobserved heterogeneity in the determinants of under-five mortality in Nigeria: Frailty modeling in survival analysis
(African Journal of Applied Statistics, 2019) Fagbamigbe, A. F.; Afolabi, R. F.; Alade, K. Y.; Adebowale, A. S.; Yusuf, B. O.
Childhood mortality is one of the measure of socio-economic status of a population. Several studies have been conducted to identify determinants of childhood mortality but the random effect and heterogeneity nature in most clustered survey data has not been well documented. The present study was designed to use shared frailty model to assess determinants of Under-Five Mortality (U5M) using an hierarchical data in Nigeria.
Use of amniotic fluid lactate concentration in prediction of dysfunctional labour at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
(2023) Tsele, T. A.; Oluwasola, T. A. O.; Bello, F. A.; Yusuf, B. O.; Odukogbe, A. A.
Introduction: Dysfunctional labour is a common indication for instrumental vaginal delivery or cesarean section. Raised myometrial lactate level following prolonged uterine activities has been shown to cause inhibition of contractions (poor or uncoordinated) and lack of progress or dysfunctional labour. Therefore, determining the amniotic fluid lactate concentration (AFLC) in labour may be a potential biochemical marker for labour dystocia and a good predictor of labour outcome. Methodology: We recruited booked, consenting parturients in active phase of labour into a cross-sectional study between September 2014 and March 2015. Amniotic fluid samples were taken twice – at initial vaginal examination or during artificial rupture of membranes and at delivery while the AFLC was determined using a primed lactate meter. Results: The main outcome measure was the mean AFLC. Of the 113 parturients with mean age of 30.49 ± 4.37 years, the overall mean AFLC was 18.94 ± 4.84 mmol/L while 10 (8.8%) had dysfunctional labour. Mean AFLC for parturients who had vaginal delivery was 18.76 ± 4.90mmol/L and 17.42 ± 5.26 mmol/L at first and second samplings while for those who had cesarean deliveries, mean AFLCs were 20.80 ± 2.75 and 18.24 ± 3.59 at the two samplings respectively. The cut–off for AFLC that best discriminated between normal and dysfunctional labour was 19.80 mmol/L. Conclusion: High levels of AFLC may play a role in predicting dysfunctional labour among pregnant women in labour.