Birth by Cesarean Section and Academic Achievement in Adolescents: A Randomized Control Trial

Eleje, Lydia İjeoma; Esomonu, Nkechi Pm; Ufearo, Florence N; Anyanwu, Adeline N.; Okoye, Chinyere Celina; Okoi, Okoi A.; Ugwu, Emmanuel Onyebuchi; Emeka, Ekene Agatha; Ogelle, Onyecherelam Monday; Umeononihu, Osita Samuel; Umeobika, Joseph C.; Eleje, George Uchenna

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“…The issue of complications and peripartum outcomes may not be generalizable to the situation of birth by C-section as it is more prone to the issue of confounding by indication, where adverse outcomes are related to the medical reasons that led to the C-section. 30 , 31 Therefore, the outcomes are not causal due to the cross-sectional nature of the study. Our report was only for the first wave and further study could target the effects of the second, third, and fourth waves of the pandemic on C-section rates.…”

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Cesarean section rate and outcomes during and before the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

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Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess how the current COVID-19 pandemic has affected cesarean section (C-section) rates, indications, and peripartum outcomes. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study that compared a 3-month rates of and indications for C-sections at three tertiary health care institutions in Nigeria before (October 2019–December 2019) and during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020–May 2020). Primary outcomes were C-section rate and indications between the two periods. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 IBM Corporation. Rates and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to quantify indications and peripartum outcomes and statistical significance was accepted when p value was <0.05. Results: The baseline characteristics of the two groups were similar. The C-section rate during the COVID-19 period was significantly less than the period prior to the pandemic (237/580, 40.0% vs 390/833, 46.8%; p = 0.027). The rates of postdatism (odds ratio = 1.47, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–2.05, p = 0.022), fetal distress (odds ratio = 3.06, 95% confidence interval = 1.55–6.06, p = 0.017), emergency C-section (odds ratio = 1.43, 95% confidence interval = 1.01–2.05, p = 0.042), and anemia (odds ratio = 1.84, 95% confidence interval = 1.12–3.03, p = 0.016) were significantly higher during the pandemic than prepandemic. Conclusion: The overall C-section rate during the first wave of COVID-19 was significantly lower than the prepandemic period. There were higher rates of postdatism, fetal distress, emergency C-section, and postpartum anemia. Further studies on this changing C-section trend during the pandemic are needed.

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“…Academic achievement has been defined as scores obtained from examination that measure the extent to which a person has acquired certain information or mastered certain skills, usually as a result of specific instruction (Eleje et al, 2020a) [22]. It is assumed that the perceptions of students toward their narcissism that include adaptive and maladaptive behaviour in connection with their self-esteem will have robust relative indicators towards their academic achievement.…”

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Narcissism and Self-Esteem as Correlates of Secondary School Students’ Mathematics Academic Achievement in Anambra State

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The impact of narcissism and self-esteem on academic achievement has long been an important issue in developmental research. The study aimed to explore the students' narcissism and self-esteem as correlates of academic achievement in Mathematics in Anambra State. Five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational approach. The population of the study comprised of 21204 SS2 students from which a sample of 630 was drawn. Multi-stage procedure was used to select the sample. Two standardized research instruments namely; Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), and Self-esteem Questionnaire (SQ), as well as score from students' promotional examination were used for data collection. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the items in the instruments. The overall reliability coefficient was 0.75 which shows that the instrument was reliable and good for the study. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer research questions 1 to 4 and to test hypotheses 1 to 4, while the research question 5 and hypothesis 5 were answered and tested with multiple correlations. The findings showed that students' power narcissism recorded a very low positive relationship with academic achievement in mathematics. Findings also revealed that the multiple correlation of these variables is positively non significant with academic achievement in mathematics. Based on these findings, it was recommended that as narcissistic individuals believe strongly that they are better than others, teachers and counsellors should develop a strategy to enhance the confidence and ability in the students as these will help them to become life long learning individuals thereafter.

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Birth by Cesarean Section and Academic Achievement in Adolescents: A Randomized Control Trial

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Cesarean section rate and outcomes during and before the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Cesarean section rate and outcomes during and before the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Narcissism and Self-Esteem as Correlates of Secondary School Students’ Mathematics Academic Achievement in Anambra State

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