Knowledge of depression in the elderly among primary health care workers in Kubau, Nigeria

Andrew, Kashini; Igboanusi, Chinedu John-Camillus; Joshua, Istıfanus Anekoson; Yakubu, Musa

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“…In this study, we aimed to assess physicians' attitude, perception and practice toward depression in elderly in primary care sitting. In this study, the response rate was 100% which is higher than response rates reported by other studies of 43.7% [16] , 79% [18] , 80% [19] , 56.7 [1] and 23% [20] respectively. Moreover, 37% of them have experience in PHC less than 5 years while 32% have experience for more than 10 years.…”

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Perceptions, attitude and practices toward elderly depression among primary health care physicians, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2021.

Ghzwany¹,

Selihem²,

Sharahili³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Adv. Community Med.

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Background: Elderly people need to care services in particular to maintain a high quality of life and health status. Managing the health needs of geriatric patients is part of the continuity of care family physicians provide to their patients. Aims: to assess physicians' attitude, perception and practice toward depression in elderly in primary care sitting. Methodology: A cross-sectional study to assess primary health care physicians' attitude and perceptions and practices toward depression in elderly patients in primary health care centers of King Saud medical city in Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia using self-administrated questionnaire Results: We received 210 responses to our questionnaire with response rate of 100% where 51% of them were females. PHC physicians routinely screen for sleep disturbance (79%), loss of interest or pleasure (79%), sad mood (72%), and decreased energy (63%) in order to diagnosis of depression. Moreover, we found that 56% of physicians would use clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of geriatric depression. Furthermore, the main barriers to adequate diagnosis and treatment of elderly depressed patients were rejection of patients to treatment (22% of them indicated it as major problem) and difficulty for access to mental health care in our community (19% of them indicated it as major problem). Conclusion: we found that most of the physicians in Riyadh show high positive attitude toward depression of elderly however, there are some limitations in knowledge about symptoms of depression and restriction to guideline.

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Perceptions, attitude and practices toward elderly depression among primary health care physicians, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2021.

Ghzwany¹,

Selihem²,

Sharahili³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Adv. Community Med.

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“…This is consistent with findings from a similar study carried out among teachers in India (Mendonsa & Shihabuddeen, ). This also shows that teachers surveyed did not differ significantly from the general Nigerian populace including students in terms of poor knowledge of depression (Adeosun Ibukun, ; Aluh, Anyachebelu, Anosike, & Anizoba, ; Andrew, Igboanusi, Joshua, & Yakubu, ; Dogra et al, ). Corresponding with a study by Rothì, Leavey, and Best (), there was no association between experience and ability to correctly identify depression.…”

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Mental health literacy among Nigerian teachers

Aluh

Dim

Anene-Okeke

2018

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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“…Gusti, et al [12] had indicated that outcome of rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders may be unsatisfactory without addressing the effects of psychological health problems. Unfortunately, mental health problems have been observed to be under-reported, under-diagnosed and under-treated in developing countries such as Nigeria [21,22]. Epidemiological data on psychological health of the Nigerian populace have an estimated 20-30% suffering from mental disorders [23] while another study reported that about 38.5% of the Nigerian health workers have one form of psychiatry illness [24].…”

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Relationships among Psychological Impairment, Pain Severity and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Hospital Maintenance Engineers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

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E²,

A³

et al. 2021

J Musculoskelet Disord Treat

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Background and Aim: Hospital maintenance engineers are heterogeneous group of workers responsible for a wide variety of duties including maintaining equipment, heaters, refrigerators, air-conditioners and ventilation systems, and they are susceptible to adverse health hazards. This study was aimed to characterize and correlate psychological impairment, pain severity and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) among hospital maintenance engineers in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Methods: A total of 111 (76.6% response rate) hospital maintenance engineers responded in this cross-sectional survey. Standardized Nordic Questionnaire, a 100-mm horizontal Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS Pain) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) were used to assess WMSDs, pain intensity and psychological impairment (depression, anxiety and stress) respectively. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and percentages were used to summarize data. Bivariate tests of relationship/association and multivariate regression analyses were employed. Alpha level was set at p < 0.05. Results:The 12-month and 7-day prevalence of WMSDs were 71.8% and 42.7%. The point prevalence rates of depression, anxiety and stress were 30.1%, 29.1% and 20.4% respectively. The highest 12-month pain severity was recorded in the hip/thigh (54.8 mm) and lower back (49.3 mm) regions while the highest present (7-day) pain severity was in the neck (65.6 mm) and shoulder (64.6 mm) regions. Presence of depressive symptoms increased the odds of having WMSD (Odd ratio (OR) = 1.04; (95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.09-1.69; p = 0.019) and specifically, the incidences of shoulder (OR = 1.09; CI = 0.98-1.21; p = 0.049) and upper back (OR = 1.18; CI = 1.03-1.34; p = 0.015) WMSDs. Anxiety and stress symptoms were not associated with presence of any WMSD among the respondents (p > 0.05). Respondents with higher score of depression had significant correlation with higher pain severity in the shoulder (r = 0.21; p = 0.014), lower back (r = 0.25; 0.010), knee (r = 0.25; p = 0.012) and ankle/feet (r = 0.21; p = 0.030) regions in the past year. Similarly, higher score of anxiety and stress symptoms were significantly correlated with higher pain severity in the neck, shoulder, ankle/feet, knee and lower back (r ≥ 0.21; p < 0.05). Conclusion:There is a high prevalence of WMSDs among hospital maintenance engineers and it is significantly associated with depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms.

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Knowledge of depression in the elderly among primary health care workers in Kubau, Nigeria

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Perceptions, attitude and practices toward elderly depression among primary health care physicians, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2021.

Perceptions, attitude and practices toward elderly depression among primary health care physicians, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2021.

Mental health literacy among Nigerian teachers

Relationships among Psychological Impairment, Pain Severity and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Hospital Maintenance Engineers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

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