Objectives: To investigate emotional symptoms and domain quality of life (QOL) among primary caregivers of stroke survivors and to determine survivor-related and caregiver-related predictors of these variables. Design: A ...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and factors associated with poor mental health in women suffering from infertility. Method: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30), Beck Depression ...

This study aims to estimate the prevalence and correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in Nigerian outpatients with heart failure. Authors assessed patients with heart failure (N = 102) for DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD ...

The goals of this study were to compare symptoms of anxiety and depression between patients with epilepsy and a healthy control group, and to determine the possible factors associated with clinically significant anxiety ...

The study aim to assess the attitude of patients with schizophrenia attending out-patient clinics in Nigeria towards antipsychotic medication and examine the factors associated with such attitude. Out-patients with ...

Objectives: To determine prevalence and pattern of alcohol use, evaluate the level of awareness of the harmful consequences of drinking, and determine the relationship between alcohol use and some selected factors among ...

The study investigated postpartum emotional distress including depression among 47 Nigerian women who had a caesarean section by comparing them at 6-8 week following childbirth with 47 matched controls who had normal vaginal ...

Background: Adequate social support is important for optimum psychosocial functioning of patients with mental disorders. However, this aspect has not been well investigated among patients with affective disorders in ...

Objective: To explore the relationship between psychosocial factors and asthma. One hundred consecutive asthmatics were screened using the 30-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30), Present State ...

Objective: Epilepsy is a common condition worldwide and has been observed to affect quality of life (QOL). Though, much has been written on this subject among western populations, little research has been done in developing ...

Objective: This study was to identify specific psychiatric morbidity among asthma patients and to compare their rates to controls. Method: Hundred consecutive asthmatics were screened using the General Health Questionnaire ...

There are no reports from Nigeria of assessment of patients' satisfaction with outpatient psychiatric services. The reliability and preliminary validity of the Charleston Psychiatric Outpatient Satisfaction Scale (CPOSS) ...

The aim of the study is to identify variables associated with depressive symptoms among women shortly after perinatal loss. Respondents who agreed to participate in the study were interviewed, and socio-demographic data ...

We examined the health-related quality of Life (HR QoL) of patients with facial trauma and compared it with that of healthy controls; temporal changes in HR QoL of patients over 12 weeks compared with baseline values; and ...

The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and actions of health professionals in Nigeria towards women experiencing spousal violence. A descriptive survey of 134 randomly selected respondents ...

Background: There are no reports from Nigeria of assessment of patients' satisfaction with outpatient psychiatric services. Aim: The reliability and preliminary validity of the Charleston Psychiatric Outpatient Satisfaction ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare psychiatric morbidity among diabetic patients, asthmatics and healthy individuals and also to assess the association of psychiatric morbidity and other variables with quality ...

Much has been written on post stroke depression in the last 10 years in developed countries. However, little is known about this important condition in this environment, thus the need for this study. This study intends ...

The study compares psychological symptoms between amputees and other orthopedic patients. Forty-two consecutive amputees were interviewed between 7 and 28 days after amputation, and an equal number of other orthopedic ...

To assess the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among a sample of patients attending a psychiatric clinic, we administered the International Index of Erectile Function on 100 male patients. The mean age of the patients ...