African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2015
Co-morbid anxiety disorders in patients with schizophrenia in a tertiary institution in South East Nigeria: prevalence and correlates.
Anxiety disorders occur commonly in schizophrenia but are often overlooked by psychiatrists. Their presence may compound the challenges faced by these patients and may contribute to poor outcome. ⋯ Co-morbid anxiety disorders are common in schizophrenia and they are associated with increased disability and psychopathology. The results emphasize the need to screen for anxiety disorders in patients with schizophrenia.
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African health sciences · Mar 2015
Comparative StudyDevelopmental screening in South Africa: comparing the national developmental checklist to a standardized tool.
Worldwide, more than 200 million children in low- and middle-income countries have developmental delays and/or disabilities. In South Africa the only nationally implemented developmental 'screening' tool is integrated as part of 'The Road to Health Booklet (RTHB). ⋯ Sensitivity of the RTHB developmental checklist is low, but specificity is high. The RTHB developmental checklist failed to identify more than half the infants at risk of delays or disorders. The nationally implemented developmental checklist is ineffective to identify at-risk infants. It should be adapted and validated or replaced in order to improve identification of at-risk infants.
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African health sciences · Mar 2015
Problem based learning: tutors' views 5 years after implementation at a sub-Saharan University.
Curriculum evaluation is key to continuous assurance of quality of education. ⋯ PBL/COBES program was successfully executed and had high acceptance among Faculty. The biggest challenge was getting all staff to provide regular feedback. Self institutional curriculum review can be done cheaply and quickly to provide feedback for continual curriculum improvement.
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African health sciences · Mar 2015
The relationship between serum cortisol, adrenaline, blood glucose and lipid profile of undergraduate students under examination stress.
Stress is an extremely adaptive phenomenon in human beings and cortisol is a known stress hormone. Examination has been described as a naturalistic stressor capable of affecting human health. ⋯ Significant positive correlation was observed between cortisol and TC/HDL ratio before examination stress.
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African health sciences · Mar 2015
Stroke subtypes and factors associated with ischemic stroke in Kinshasa, Central Africa.
Ischemic stroke causes death and disability worldwide. Better understanding and controlling factors associated will improve the prevention of the disease. This study reviews records of patients with ischemic stroke in Central Africa. ⋯ This study shows a high prevalence of lacunar infarct than non lacunar in Bantu of Central Africa.