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Item Knowledge of Covid-19 and Psychosocial Experiences During the Covid-19 Lockdown among Secondary School Students in Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria(The International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2022) Oluwatosin, O.A.; Ekelaka C, T.; Ndikom, C. M.Background: COVID-19 Is A Highly Contagious Disease That Can Easily Spread from Person to Person and Is a Global Health Threat. The Ongoing COVID-19 Is Inducing Fear and Knowledge of the Disease Will Help to Dissipate Fear. The Lockdown That Was Introduced at the Earlier Onset in Many Countries Including Nigeria Was Sudden and This Had Implication for Physical and Psychological State of Individuals Especially Young People, Who Are Easily Bored. Assessment Of Young People’s Knowledge and Psychosocial Experience During the Lockdown Was the Objective of This Study. This Was Done to Provide Baseline Information About Their Experience During This Unprecedented Event. Methods: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey Was Conducted Among 352 Respondents from Five Schools During the First Reopening of Schools for Those in JSS3 And SSS3 Who Were Due for External Examinations. Simple Random Sampling Was Used for Selection of Schools, While Systematic Sampling Was Used to Select Respondents. Data Were Generated From 28th September to 2nd Of October, 2020. Data Were Analyzed Using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics of Chi-Square Test At 0.05% Level of Significance Results: More Than Half (57.1%) Were Females, 55.7% Were Between 15-19 Years with Mean Age Of 14.7± 1.910, 54.3.0% Were in Third Year of Senior Secondary, 56.8% Were from Oyo State, 84.7% Are from Yoruba Ethnic Group and More Than Half Live with Both Parents. More Than Half (58.8%) Had Good Knowledge Of COVID-19, 56.0% Had Positive Psychological Experiences And 57.7% Had Positive Social Experience. Psychological (P=0.101) And Social Experiences (P=0.192) Were Not Significantly Associated with Level of Knowledge Of COVID-19. Conclusion: More Than Half of the Students Had Good Knowledge Of COVID-19, Positive Psychological and Positive Social Experiences. Regular Health Education About COVID-19 And Its Prevention Is Needed to Sustain the Positive Behavior Among the Students and Curb the Spread Of COVID-19.Item Umbilical Cord Care Knowledge and Practices of Mothers attending Selected Primary Health Care Centres in Ibadan, Nigeria(The International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2020) Ndikom, C. M.; Oluwatosin, F.Background: Poor umbilical cord care (UCC) practices have been linked with infections and mortality in newborns. Some mothers use multiple agents in umbilical cord care. It is imperative to assess the knowledge of UCC and its practices among women at the lowest level of care. Methods: The study utilized a cross-sectional design. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 414 mother baby pairs (dyad) attending infant welfare clinics in the selected Primary Health Centres (PHCs). Data was collected using structured validated questionnaire after obtaining ethical approval and informed consent. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis of data and hypotheses were tested using chi-square statistic at p=0.05. Results: One hundred and ninety-nine (48.1%) of the respondents had a good level of knowledge of appropriate UCC, 254(61.4%) respondents practiced good cord care. Even though most (95.7%) mothers used methylated spirit to clean the cord, quite a number, 270(65.5%) applied mentholated balm to the umbilicus. Above 60% of those who received information on UCC had good practice compared to those that did not (p=0.04). Also, 125(62.8%) of the respondents with good knowledge of UCC had good cord care practices compared to 74(37.2) with poor practices. Respondents’ knowledge of UCC was not significantly associated with their cord care practices. Conclusion: Gaps were observed in both knowledge and practices of umbilical cord care among the mothers attending primary health care centres. Strategies need to be instituted by health care workers to improve knowledge of umbilical cord care and inappropriate practices should be strongly discouraged.Item Effects of Educational Intervention on Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitude Towards Providing Cervical Cancer Screening Information in Selected Health Facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria(Springer Science+Business Media, 2019) Ndikom, C. M.; Ofi, B. A.; Omokhodion, F. O.; Bakare, P. O.; Adetayo, C. O.Cervical cancer is a major cause of death among women especially in developing nations. It can be prevented through screening yet many women are unaware of screening options. Nurses are in vantage position to provide cervical cancer screening (CCS) information and services especially in antenatal clinics. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an educational intervention (EI) on nurses' knowledge and attitude towards providing CCS information. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in eight health facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria. The facilities were randomly divided into intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). A total of 133 consenting nurses (60 in the IG and 73 in the CG) participated. Baseline data were collected using self- administered questionnaire. The nurses in the IG received the EI and both groups were administered with a post-test questionnaire after 6 months. Data were analysed using chi square and Student's t test at p = 0.05. Nurses' mean age was 41.7 years. Knowledge scores for the IG (11.8 ± 3.3) and CG (11.7 ± 3.3) were comparable at baseline (p = 0.901) but was significantly higher among nurses in the IG (14.63 ± 3.12) than CG (12.7 ± 3.5) at 6 months PI (p=0.01). More nurses in the IG had high level of knowledge than CG. There was no significant difference in their attitude at baseline and at PI. There was a significant association between knowledge and attitude towards providing cervical cancer screening information (p<0.000). Education improved knowledge of nurses on cervical cancer screening. Regular education programmes for nurses may result in improved counselling on major health issues like cancer.Item Knowledge and uptake of folic acid among pregnant women attending a secondary health facility in Ibadan(MA Healthcare Ltd, 2017) Adebo, O.; Dairo, D.; Ndikom, C. M.; Adejumo, P. O.Background: Folate deficiency is associated with poor pregnancy outcomes and is one of the most common vitamin deficiencies in women, especially those of reproductive age. Aims: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and uptake of folic acid among a sample of pregnant women. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study, using a structured questionnaire, was carried out among 300 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in one hospital in Oluyoro, Ibadan, Nigeria. Findings: All participants claimed to have heard of folic acid and major source of information was health workers (77.3%). Only 11.8% knew that folic acid can prevent birth defects and just 22.7% knew the best time to start using folic acid. Almost all the women (98.3%) reported using folic acid in the current pregnancy, of whom 54.2% used it as prescribed. Education (P=0.002), marital status (P=0.001), plan of pregnancy (P=0.022), and maternal age (P=0.046) were significantly associated with knowledge of folic acid. Employment status was significantly associated with uptake of folic acid (P=0.004). Conclusions: In this study, knowledge and uptake of folic acid was low among young, single and low education status women. Campaigns promoting periconceptional use of folic acid will be very useful in reaching women of child-bearing age particularly those pregnant and not registered for antenatal care.Item Knowledge and Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Services among Nurses in Ibadan, Oyo State(College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2013) Ndikom, C. M.; Ofi, B. A.Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among women in Nigeria. It is one of the leading causes of cancer related death among women in developing countries. However, uptake of cervical screening is reported to be low even among health workers. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and uptake of cervical screening among nurses. A cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire-based survey for 175 nurses in eight selected health facilities in Ibadan was carried out. Results: The results showed respondents' knowledge of cervical cancer as being fair. Uptake of cervical cancer screening was poor, as 126 (80.0%) of the respondents had never been screened. Also, 78 (44.6%) of them had never given information on cervical cancer to women. In addition, 108 (72.0%) of the respondents stated that the screening service was not available in their centre. There was no significant relationship between knowledge and uptake of cervical cancer screening, (p=0.88). Conclusion: Despite the fair knowledge of cervical cancer and its prevention by nurses, their cervical cancer preventive practices were poor. Nurses should be mandated to play their disease prevention role by sensitizing women on the need for screening; and that screening service should be made available in all facilities.