Nocturnal enuresis among secondary school students in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Anochie, IC; Ikpeme, EE

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“…In contrast, higher (35.6%) prevalence of IVDU has been reported in more developed countries [18]. The higher prevalence of IVDU among boys found in this study is similarly to data from previous studies [17,19]. [14,20].…”

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“…The low prevalence of intravenous drug use (1.4%) is not surprising as studies by Adelekan [15] and Ogunremi [16] found comparable prevalence of intravenous drug use between 1.2% and 4.9%. Anochie et al [17] did not find any case of IVDU among the students studied in the same locality as the present study. In contrast, higher (35.6%) prevalence of IVDU has been reported in more developed countries [18].…”

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confidence: 37%

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Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Aomreore¹,

Alikor²

2008

African Journal of Health Sciences

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SUMMARYThe paper intended to find the prevalence of HIV infection risk-related behaviours among third year senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt metropolis. A cross-sectional survey among 1800 third year senior secondary school students randomly selected from thirteen secondary schools in Port Harcourt metropolis was done using two-stage sampling technique. Demographic data and information on the sexual behaviour of each student in the study group was obtained from self-administered structured questionnaire. The prevalence of sexual intercourse was 61.1%. Males were more sexually active than females. Age of first sexual intercourse was 13.2±5.6 years for males and 13.9±4.1 years for females. Of the sexually active students, 32.6% had multiple sexual partners. Sexual activity of the students did not increase with age. The prevalence of Intravenous drug use (IVDU) was found to be 1.4%. The use of intravenous drugs was more among the males (80.8%) than among the females. The prevalence of blood transfusion is 10.3%. Among the sexually active students only 437 (36.9%) used condom. Sex of student, social class and school gender were significant predictors of ever-had sexual activity. The paper concludes that the prevalence of sexual behaviour related to the development of HIV/AIDS amongst the students is high. The need to highlight HIV/AIDS education programmes in the school curriculum of adolescents is discussed. [Afr J Health Sci. 2008; 15:42-49]

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Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Aomreore¹,

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2008

African Journal of Health Sciences

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“…[6] The higher prevalence values obtained in the last two studies could possibly be due to the lower ages of the children studied since enuresis has been shown to be commoner in the younger age group. However, the prevalence of 25.3% in the Port Harcourt study [9] which used the same age range as this study may be from the fact that they included students who had been bedwetting after the age of 5 years who may have stopped at the time of the study while this study considered those bedwetting during the period of the study. Again, enuresis is said to be worse in cold weather.…”

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“…Enuresis was found to be common among younger secondary school adolescentsand its frequency decreased with increasing age.The overall prevalence of enuresis of 15.8% reported in this study is lower than that obtained in other studies involving adolescents in Nigeria. Anochie [9] in Port Harcourt documented a prevalence of 25.3% in students aged 10-21years while Iduoriyekemwen [8] in Edo State documented 21.3% in children aged 5-16 years. A prevalence of 22.2% was obtained in children 5-14 years in Zaria.…”

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“…[3,4] In Africa, a prevalence rate of 11.5% was reported in Egypt [5] while in Nigeria, higher rates of 22.2%,23.2% and 21.3% were documented in Zaria, [6] Port Harcourt [7] and Edo [8] respectively in children aged 5-16years. In a study done strictly on adolescents in Port Harcourt, Anochie [9] reported a prevalence rate of 25.3%. Nocturnal enuresis is three times more common than daytime wetting.…”

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Prevalence of Enuresis among Secondary School Adolescents in Enugu, Nigeria

ARC¹,

Onukwuli²,

AF³

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Parenting Styles and Peer-Pressure as Predictors of Substance Abuse among University Students

Abikoye¹

2014

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Abstract:The study investigated the prevalence of substance abuse and its prediction by parenting styles and peer pressure among university students. Participants in this cross-sectional survey consisted of four hundred and fifty two randomly selected undergraduates of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. The sample consisted of 221 (48.9%) males and 231 (51.1) females. Participants' age ranges were as follow: 126 (27.9%) were aged between 18 and than 20 years, 312 (69.0%) were aged between 20 and 25 years while 14 (3.1%) were aged between 25 and above. Students who were younger than 18 years were excluded from participating in the study. Results indicated that about 47% of all respondents reported current use while 58% reported lifetime use of one or more psychoactive substances. Prevalence rates of use of all categories of drugs by respondents are presented in Table 1. Life time prevalence rate was highest for alcohol (43.14%), followed by tobacco (37.61%), stimulants (22.57%), cannabis (18.14%), sedatives (17.92%) and heroin (12.17%). parenting styles (permissive parenting, authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting), peer pressure and sex jointly predicted substance abuse among students (R = .48; F = 9.16; p<.01) by accounting for 23% of the variances in substance abuse. The study highlighted the important roles of parenting styles (especially authoritative parenting), peer pressure, age and gender in understanding students' substance abuse problem. The study concluded that these variables should be factored into intervention programmes aimed at stemming the tides of substance abuse among university students. It is also important for relevant interventions to commence before students enter the university since many young people come to the university or college with pre-existing perceptions and expectations concerning substance use, and often start university with already established habits and orientations.

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Nocturnal enuresis among secondary school students in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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