The psychological trauma inflicted by Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern Nigeria

Amusan, Lere; Ejoke, Ufuoma Patience

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2017.07.001

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“…Traumatic events of Boko-Haram insurgency have resulted in several deaths. This has resulted in the occurrence of mental disorders in residents living in this region (Amusan & Ejoke, 2017;Human Rights Watch, 2013 Finally, while studies focused on Nigerians as a whole, a major population overlooked in all studies were internal migrants who constitute over 40% of the general population moving from rural to urban areas. Sixty-five percent of these internal migrants are aged 15-34 years with the number of internally displaced (due to political, social or safety issues) amounting to 2,193,767 in year 2017 (NBS, 2012(NBS, , 2016United Nations Refugee Agency, 2018).…”

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Perceptions, attitudes and cultural understandings of mental health in Nigeria: a scoping review of published literature

Labinjo

Serrant

Ashmore

et al. 2020

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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“…Insecurity is a major challenge facing the nation. Hundreds of thousands have been killed and over two million people displaced by Islamic insurgency (Boko Haram) and ethnic clashes (Amusan & Ejoke, 2017;Eme, Okpaga & Ugwu, 2012;Jackson, 2007;Oyewole, 2013).…”

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Perceptions, attitudes and cultural understandings of mental health in Nigeria: a scoping review of published literature

Labinjo

Serrant

Ashmore

et al. 2020

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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“…Northeast Nigeria is one of the least developed areas of the country, lagging dangerously behind in virtually every development index. The region is notoriously staggering under the weights of poverty [ 1 ], insurgency and terrorism [ 2 ], [ 3 ], [ 4 ], hunger and low life expectancy [ 5 ], polio, maternal and child mortality [ 6 ], [ 7 ] and so on. Cancer is not only prevalent in the North East, Nigeria [ 8 ], [ 9 ], but to the entire country which are battling to cope with other health challenges such as mental health [ 10 ], [ 11 ], maternal and child health [ 12 ], [ 13 ] and HIV AIDS [ 14 ].…”

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Survival Analysis of Cancer Patients in North Eastern Nigeria from 2004 – 2017 – A Kaplan - Meier Method

Adamu

Opoola

Bishop

2019

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Cancer is a deadly malignant disease and is prevalent in Sub Saharan Africa. The North East part of Nigeria in particular and the country, in general, are struggling to cope with the increasing burden of cancer and other communicable and non-communicable diseases. The situation is worsened by the ongoing insurgency and terrorist activities in the area. AIM: The aim of this paper is to present the research findings from a cohort study aimed at the analysis of the estimation of the survivorship time of the real data of cancer patients in the North-eastern part of Nigeria and to establish if the insurgency in the region has contributed negatively to the life expectancy of its inhabitants. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The record of 1,090 patients from medical records departments of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in northeast Nigeria was obtained. The record showed patients that were diagnosed and died of one type of cancer or the other from 2004 to 2017. All the cancer cases included in the present study were grouped into sex, age, marital status, occupation, date admitted and date of death/discharge. Descriptive statistics and Kaplan-Meier method were used to analyse the data using SPSS version 23 while Microsoft EXCEL and Minitab 16.0 were used for data cleansing and organisation. RESULTS: Of the 1,090 patients analysed, 920 (84.40%) experienced the event, i.e. death, while 170 (15.60%) patients were censored. The data were analysed based on the ages and sex of the patients. 50.20% of the patients were of ages 21-50 years. The proportions of patients in this age bracket surviving past 7 days are 75%, while those between ages 80 years and above is 12 days. Others are of survival time of 5 days (ages 0-20 years) and 7 days (51-79 years). Using sex, 75% of the patients’ survival time is 7 days in the case of male and 6 days for females. It is safe to say that the survival time for cancer patients of the university the Maiduguri is 6 days and the result reflects the Northeastern part of Nigeria. This is because the hospital is one of few tertiary healthcare facilities in that area and consequently, cancer cases are often referred there. CONCLUSION: Cancer incidence is high, and the probability of survival reduces as the survival time increases. This is a dire situation in need of urgent intervention from the government, groups and individuals to tackle the scourge of cancer, thereby improving on the life expectancy battered by the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in that region.

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“…The effect of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency is a serious health concern for Nigeria [ 5 ]. This has manifested in the child wasting [ 6 ], increasingly psychological trauma [ 7 ], intensifying hunger [ 8 ], under-five malnutrition [ 9 ] and the reemergence of polio cases [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]. Also, the effect has reduced the chances of Nigeria meeting the millennium and sustainable development goals as warned by [ 13 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

On the Epidemiology and Statistical Analysis of HIV/AIDS Patients in the Insurgency Affected States of Nigeria

Adamu¹,

Oguntunde²,

Okagbue³

et al. 2018

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND:The effect of insurgencies on a nation regarding the economy, education, health and infrastructure cannot be overemphasised.AIM:This research is therefore focused on analysing the incidence of HIV/AIDS disease in states affected by the activities of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.MATERIAL AND METHODS:The data collected refer to the period from 2004 to 2017, reporting information on 16,102 patients and including the age, gender, year of diagnosing and status of the patients. Descriptive, Chi-square test of independence and Correlation analyses were performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.RESULTS:It was discovered that the majority of those living with HIV/AIDS in these Boko Haram ravaged areas are females between the age group of 30 years to 39 years. Reported cases of HIV/AIDS started increasing significantly from age 20, and the highest number of reported cases of HIV/AIDS was recorded in the year 2017.CONCLUSION:The status of the patient was found to be dependent on both the gender and age of the patients’ treatment, though the strength of the linear relationship between status and age is not significantly different from zero.

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The psychological trauma inflicted by Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern Nigeria

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

Perceptions, attitudes and cultural understandings of mental health in Nigeria: a scoping review of published literature

Perceptions, attitudes and cultural understandings of mental health in Nigeria: a scoping review of published literature

Survival Analysis of Cancer Patients in North Eastern Nigeria from 2004 – 2017 – A Kaplan - Meier Method

On the Epidemiology and Statistical Analysis of HIV/AIDS Patients in the Insurgency Affected States of Nigeria

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