Browsing by Author "Olatubi MI"

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    Assessment of occupational related stress among nurses in two selected hospitals in a city southwestern Nigeria
    (2019) Faremi FA; Olatubi MI; Adeniyi KG; Salau OR
    This study assessed frequency of stressful event among nurses and how stressful they perceived those events to be. This descriptive design study was carried out among nurses in two selected hospitals. In all 183 nurses recruited using simple random sampling participated in the study. Ethical clearance was obtained from appropriate IRB. The instrument used for data collection was the Nursing Stress Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Most frequently stressful aspect of nurses work include; inadequate staff to cover ward work load (2.55); performing procedures that patients experience as painful (2.30); and lack of drugs and equipment required for nursing care (2.30). On the overall, workload was the most frequently stressful aspect of nurses’ work followed by death and dying. Three most stressful aspect of nurses’ work was observed to be, not having enough staff to adequately cover the load of the ward (3.72); lack of drugs and equipment required for nursing care (3.45); and death of patient with whom you develop a close relationship (3.43). No significance difference was observed in the level of stress experienced by nurses in the two hospital (99.35 vs 93.27; t = 1.492, p = 0.137). Also, in the level of stress experience by the junior and the senior nurses (99.76 vs 95.41; t = 1.127; p = 0.261). In conclusion, nurses are susceptible to occupational stress because of intense daily activity. Nurses are not ever thought as needing help but only as the care givers.
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    Awareness of risks associated with Self-medication among Patients attending General Out-patient Department of a Tertiary Hospital in South Western Nigeria
    (2019) Oyediran OO; Ayandiran EO; Olatubi MI; Olabode O
    Self-medication has become a common practice in many developing countries like Nigeria and mainly due to lack of access to health care, easy availability of over the counter drugs in markets and poor drug regulatory practices. The study assessed knowledge of people about the risks associated with self-medication; identify the causes of self-medication; assess the commonly misused drugs; and identify information sources for purchasing and using drugs without prescription. The study was conducted in General Outpatient Department of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria and Census was used to select the respondents. Descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted and questionnaire was used for this study. Data was analyzed by using SSPS version 22.0 while frequency tables, bar charts and chi square were used to present the data. Findings revealed that 82.3% of the respondents had high awareness of the risks associated with self-medication, high cost of treatment and previous experience were the most identified causes of self-medication. Commonly abused drugs were Analgesics and antibiotics. Major sources of information for purchasing the drugs were the pharmacy and family members while age, sex and educational were significantly associated with awareness of the risk of self-medication. The study concluded that patients had high awareness of the risks associated with self-medication, high cost of treatment and previous experience with disease accounted for the practice. It is therefore important for Nigerian government to enforcement the existing regulations against free display and sales of drugs in unauthorized places.