Abstract
IntroductionThe Nigerian tertiary education system admits mostly teenagers and young adults from different ethno-religious and family backgrounds, some of whom may have inherent risks and predisposition to mental illness. They then undergo stressful conditions related to the university life such as long durations of lectures, over-crowding, and lack of social amenities, haphazard lecture schedules as well as incessant industrial strike actions of academic and non- academic staff. In spite of these, there appears to be few studies on the burden of emotional and mental disorders among Nigerian University students, and none was cited suggesting interventions that may be appropriate.ObjectivesThe objectives of the study is to determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and its associated factors among undergraduate students of Univesity of IlorinMethodsThis is a cross-sectional study using multi staged systematic randomization. A self-administered socidemographic questionnaire and the 12 item general health questionnaire (GHQ -12) was administered on 3,300 students.ResultsPsychiatric morbidity was found to be 23.6% of the 3179 analyzable returned questionnaires. Factors found to be significantly associated with psychiatric morbidity included female gender, relationship with parents, parental employment status and family structure. Students on scholarship were more likely to have mental illness. Other associated factors include whether course of study was the preferred one and relationships with peers and lecturers on campus. About 46.6% of the students were willing to have internet based mental health intervention programmes.ConclusionsThe data obtained from this study is relevant for the formation of mental health promotion and prevention programs on our campus.Disclosurethis study is part of the first phase of a three phase study. it aims to explore the factors associated with psychiatric morbidity among University student as a precursor for determining appropriate mental health interventions. it was partly funded by the
Highlights
Sedentary behaviour is potentially a modifiable risk factor for depression and anxiety disorders, but findings have been inconsistent
To assess associations of sedentary behavior with depression and anxiety symptoms and estimate the impact of replacing daily time spent in sedentary behaviors with sleep, light, or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, using novel compositional data analysis methods
Replacing 60 minutes of sedentary behaviour with light activity, moderate-to-vigorous activity, and sleep was associated with lower depression symptom scores by 1Á3% (95%CI, 0Á4%2Á1%), 12Á5% (95%CI, 11Á4%-13Á5%), and 7Á6% (95%CI, 6Á9%8Á4%), and lower odds of depression by 0Á95 (95%CI, 0Á94-0Á96), 0Á75 (95%CI, 0Á74-0Á76), and 0Á90 (95%CI, 0Á90-0Á91) at follow-up
Summary
The psychiatric care paradigm has shifted towards community-centered models. Prolonged hospitalizations are still a reality, with debated impact at healthcare systems and patients. Objectives: This work aims to describe prolonged hospitalizations in acute psychiatric wards through patients’ sociodemographic and clinical data
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