ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of postpartum urinary incontinence and its predisposing factors in Enugu metropolis. The study adopted a cross sectional survey. A total of 864 postpartum mothers within the age range of 16 and 45 years, who gave their informed consent, were conveniently selected from the post-natal clinics of the nine public health institutions in Enugu metropolis. Women continence and pelvic health centre questionnaire was adopted. The questio...
ABSTRACT Exercise is any physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive and purposive to improve or maintain physical fitness. It is classified into aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise is any physical activities that involves mostly actions of large muscle groups and causes the body to use more oxygen than it would while resting. The objective of this study was to determine the responses of blood lactate, blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation to aerobic exercise a...
ABSTRACT Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is an important cause of morbidity in the elderly; resulting not only in physical disability, but also significant cognitive impairment. There was dearth of studies on cognitive impairment on functional recovery on stroke survivors in Nigeria. However, previous studies elsewhere on effects of impaired cognition on functional recovery amongst stroke survivors centered on short term outcomes of exercises on Activities of Daily Living and balance, while t...
ABSTRACT Background Medical research involving the use of human participants has been on the increase in Ghana over the past decade. Research Ethics Committees (RECs) have the huge responsibility of protecting the safety, rights and welfare of these human participants. This role cannot be taken lightly since there is always the tendency for these human participants to be exploited, or vulnerable groups to be taken advantage of. Ghana has about seven RECs in the country right now. However, ver...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Globally, antibiotic use in humans increased by 36% from 2000 to 2010, of which 50% was regarded as inappropriate use. There is high prevalence of antibiotic use in Ghana which is associated with inappropriate use. Whilst antibiotics use in developed countries reduced by 4% between 2000 and 2015 there was 75% increase in low and middle income countries during the same period. This may increase the potential for resistance developing against the antibiotics which may pos...