PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

A O Okunade

Publications and source records attributed to A O Okunade.

7 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMedDate not supplied

Attitude of Yoruba of Western Nigeria to handicap in children.

An assessment was made of the attitude of the Yoruba of Western Nigeria to visual, auditory and physical handicaps in children. The results indicate that although a good number of the Yoruba community exhibits positive attitudes to handicaps in children, significant differences were observed between the attitudes of the Western-educated élite and their illiterate counterparts living in traditional settings. The Western-educated group is less favourably disposed to handicaps in children than their counterparts in the traditional settings. Finally, there is a need for public education about the ascertainment of handicaps in children, their care and education. Nurses have a major role to play in this regard.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Psychiatric morbidity in a Nigerian general out-patient clinic.

In a cross-sectional study of a systematic random sample of new patients attending the clinic of the G.O.P.D. of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, using the PSE, the CES-D and clinical evaluation, at least 40% of 104 subjects were found to have sufficient symptoms of psychic distress to warrant treatment. There was statistically significant association between the measures for psychiatric caseness. Among those rated as psychiatric cases on clinical evaluation, neurosis was the predominant diagnosis. Symptoms of depression were commonly admitted to by these subjects. At review of case notes one year later, the initial diagnoses for those referred to the psychiatric clinic were sustained. In view of the commoness of psychiatric symptoms in general practice, it is suggested that undergraduate psychiatric posting duration be increased; residency training in general practice and internal medicine should include a period of posting in psychiatry; and national health care planning should pay a greater attention to mental health care than is at present the case.

Adult↗