African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Lifestyle, vulnerability to stress and prevailing health conditions of ambulatory older patients in a care facility.
Lifestyle and vulnerability to stress are major determinants of age-related health outcomes. ⋯ Periodic exercise, alcohol use, and smoking were reported at varying degrees. High prevalence of vulnerability to stress and use of anti-hypertensives were also observed, and vulnerability to stress was associated with selected socio-demographics. These findings reinforce the need for routine education of this category of populace on healthy lifestyle for improved health.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Assessment of knowledge and socioeconomic status of caregivers of children with malnutrition at a district hospital in Ghana.
Malnutrition is a significant public health problem and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. ⋯ Lower level of caregivers' education and large family size were risk factors for developing malnutrition among children.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, molecular-genetic and risk profiles of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in a cohort of Sudanese patients.
Determining the risk of malignant behaviour and mutational status of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) guide the management decision and allow optimal individualized patient treatment. ⋯ Sudanese patients with GIST tend to present late. Nearly half of them correspond to the malignant/high-risk category. The frequency of KIT mutations (79.31%) is in line with the literature.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Assessment of the willingness of Nigerian Orthodontists to offer face-to-face orthodontic services to patients infected with Covid-19.
Efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease led to suspension of many services which caused orthodontists to resort to providing only emergency services. The aims of this study were to assess the willingness of Nigerian Orthodontists and Orthodontic resident doctors to treat patients infected with Covid-19 as well as to ascertain advice given regarding traumatic arch wires and aligners during the pandemic. ⋯ Majority of Orthodontists and orthodontic residents practicing in Nigeria expressed unwillingness to treat patients infected with COVID-19. Aligner therapy was proffered as an alternative to bracket therapy.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Histopathologic patterns of intracranial neoplasms at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. A ten-year hospital-based retrospective study.
The most common intracranial neoplasm worldwide is meningioma, followed by gliomas, and then pituitary adenomas. There are geographical differences in the pattern of occurrence of intracranial neoplasms.The purpose of this study is to establish the pattern of occurrence of different histological types of intracranial neoplasms with their age and sex distributions in our environment - Lagos, Nigeria.The histological patterns, age, and gender distributions of all the intracranial neoplasms diagnosed within the study period at the Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, LUTH, Lagos, Nigeria were noted and analysed with SPSS version 23. ⋯ The result of the study shows pituitary adenoma to be more common than gliomas, unlike what is seen in Caucasians where the reverse is the case.