August 2015

Knowledge of women attending a primary health care (PHC) center concerning hygiene during their menstrual period

One critical area is menstrual hygiene and management, which is absent from much of the discourse, policy and practice in keeping a woman’s private part clean. The objectives of this study were to identify women’s information about menstrual hygiene management, and to explore the association between some socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics with knowledge. A descriptive study on the knowledge of...

Author(s): Atiya K Muhammad and  Cheeman Salih Jaff

August 2015

Factors influencing perception of pain among clients attending a Nigeria teaching hospital

This study examined the factors influencing the perception of pain among clients attending the pain and palliative care unit of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. The population comprised of various clients with terminal illnesses such as cancer, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), severe heart or kidney failure etc who experience pain, and attending the unit for treatment and follow-up care. Random...

Author(s): Joel Adeleke Afolayan, Deborah Iyabo Oyeleye, Falilat Omowumi Adebiyi, Abiola Omowumi Durojaiye and Donald Bitrus