A5076451522- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Diverse Scientific Research Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
University of Ibadan
2015-2023
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2022-2023
University of Washington
2022-2023
National Health and Medical Research Council
2022
Faculty of Public Health
2015-2020
Diabetes, particularly type 1 diabetes, at younger ages can be a largely preventable cause of death with the correct health care and services. We aimed to evaluate diabetes mortality trends than 25 years globally using data from Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.
A critical and persistent challenge to global health modern care is the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Previous studies have reported a disproportionate burden AMR in low-income middle-income countries, but there remains an urgent need for more in-depth analyses across Africa. This study presents one most comprehensive sets regional country-level estimates bacterial WHO African region date.
Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health threat facing mankind. There no specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19, and many vaccine candidates are currently under clinical trials. This study aimed to understand the perception of social media users regarding hypothetical in Nigeria.
Abstract Background Access to safe, effective, affordable, and quality medicines is an essential component of the right health also one targets in global development agenda. In this review article, we extensively discuss challenges issues surrounding access African region as well provides recommendations for ensuring security on continent. Methods We conducted narrative with use data reported published literature, reports, grey literature available countries topics pertaining medicines. The...
Abstract Background Globally, self-medication is a common practice, and an increasingly perceived necessity to relieve burdens on health services. However, inappropriate may result reduced outcomes, increased antimicrobial resistance economic waste. Healthcare students are the future professionals who will be consistently responsible for educating public rational use of medication. This study therefore aimed assess prevalence, knowledge perception practices among healthcare students. Methods...
COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic posing major threat to global public health. In the past decades of years or so, one could have heard how dangerous it be virtually reliant on medicine supply from other countries. Nonetheless, no action was taken because seemed many that trade system operational and Nigerians as well citizens African countries appear sufficient medications required at quite appealing cost. Currently in 2020, this apprehension has revolved imaginary problem actual...
Abstract Background Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major cause antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Inadequate knowledge about AMR among healthcare students could affect their practice stewardship as future professionals. This study aims to assess the and professionals Nigerian University. Methods Respondents’ resistance, antibiotics, source in past 12 months was explored using self-administered questionnaire. Multivariate analyses were used evaluate relationship between specific variables...
In middle-income countries like Nigeria, the misuse of antibiotics by consumers is posing serious threats to public health. This contributing alarming increase in antimicrobial resistance, which reducing effectiveness against common infections. study therefore aimed assess knowledge, perceptions, and factors associated with among visiting selected community pharmacies.This cross-sectional conducted Ibadan, at determining influencing consumers. The questionnaires were completed 509 analysis...
This study set out to assess the knowledge, perception and practices of consumers regarding self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, prevalence risky their associated factors in pharmacy outlets Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria.A cross-sectional was conducted using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics multivariate analysis were performed by SPSS V.23 statistical significance at p<0.05.658 adult aged 18 years above.The primary outcome self-medication,...
To determine the prevalence and describe factors associated with use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) among older patients.Cross sectional study 400 patients selected systematically at geriatric centre, University College Hospital, Ibadan between July September 2016. With aid semi-structured questionnaires, information on socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, healthcare utilisation morbidities was obtained. The Beer's criteria 2015 update used to identify PIMs....
Abstract COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health threat facing mankind. There no specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19, and vaccine currently available. This study aims to understand the perception of towards hypothetical in Nigeria. We conducted cross-sectional survey August 2020 across 36 states Nigeria using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire includes sections on demographic characteristics respondents their regarding vaccine. A total 517 completed returned informed...
Abstract Background The safe disposal of unused medication is a critical public health issue, with risks including environmental pollution, accidental ingestion, and misuse. Inadequate adherence to proper methods among healthcare students could affect the practice medicines as future professionals. This study, conducted at Nigerian university, aimed assess knowledge, practices, barriers faced by professional regarding disposal. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out 930 in...
Misuse and dependency of opioids especially codeine-containing products is increasing global concern. Inappropriate use among healthcare students could affect quality service ethical conducts these future professionals, thereby putting the society at risk. This study aimed to evaluate knowledge perception medical pharmacy in a Nigerian tertiary University on with focus products.A cross-sectional survey 335-medical 185-pharmacy from Ibadan, Nigeria, between September December 2018, using...
Background: Polypharmacy among older people in Nigeria are prominent issues of public health dimension. especially with multiple diseases often results poor status and outcomes.Objectives: To determine the prevalence factors associated polypharmacy patients attending geriatric clinic.Methods: Cross sectional study 400 elderly aged 60 years above who presented at clinic, UCH, Ibadan. was taken as concurrent consumption =5 medications. Socio- demographic characteristics, lifestyle habits,...
Falls and fall-related injuries are a foremost health concern among older adults aged 60 years above. Fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) use by is one related cause of falling, it frequently used adults. Pharmacist-led counselling an aspect patient education that has been associated with improved therapeutic outcome quality life in high income countries scarcity information low-middle countries. This study therefore aims to assess hospital pharmacists' knowledge on medications using the list...
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BACKGROUND : Polypharmacy is a common global health concern in the older population. Deprescribing has been acknowledged as an important aspect of medication use review that helps to reduce polypharmacy, inappropriate uses and adverse events, thus ensuring optimization improving health-related quality life. As physicians are primarily responsible for prescribing monitoring drug therapy, their perception deprescribing knowledge available tools highly important. This study aimed explore...
Background: Inappropriate prescribing of analgesics has a global impact on the health elderly patients and society. Empirical evidence prescription among Nigerians is scarce. Objectives: The objective study was to evaluate pattern describe co-prescribing gastroprotective agents with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) at geriatric center, University College Hospital, Ibadan. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional, hospital-based carried out (≥60 years) who were prescribed...
Purpose: To identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in ambulatory elderly patients and compare the appropriateness of guidelines; Beers' Screening Tool Older Person’s Prescription (STOPP)/Screening to Alert Right Treatment (START) criteria detect among elderly.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using case files 335 aged ≥ 60 years between 1st January 31st December 2016, a data extraction sheet. The 2015 American Geriatrics Society (AGS)-Beers Criteria, version 2 STOPP START...
Abstract Objectives Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat, and the inappropriate use of antibiotics key driver this phenomenon. Community pharmacists play crucial role in responsible promoting antimicrobial stewardship. This study assessed knowledge perception community regarding antibiotic as well their dispensing practices. Methods was cross-sectional survey conducted among 126 Ibadan, with self-administered paper questionnaire. The questionnaire contained Likert-type...
Inappropriate medication prescribing and dispensing by physicians pharmacists is a preventable cause of morbidity mortality in the elderly. Signifying importance healthcare professionals' knowledge potentially inappropriate tools/ guidelines which would improve overall health outcomes. Beers Criteria one most used that list specific medications (PIMs). This study aimed to investigate physicians' hospital pharmacists' awareness, knowledge, practice, confidence, barriers use criteria. A...