ECONOMIC BURDEN, PAYMENT STRATEGIES AND PAYMENT COPING MECHANISM AMONG TYPE2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN ABIA STATE, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic life- long illness that affects the quality of life, requiring close monitoring and control. Diabetics have high risk for high economic burden (direct and indirect health costs) and catastrophic expenditure where healthcare costs are paid out of pocket. This study determined the economic burden and assessed the payment strategies and … Read more

COST ANALYSIS OF NURSING EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Cost is the value of resources (man, money, labour, tangible and intangible) used to produce goods or services. Cost analysis is an economic evaluation technique that involves systematic collection, categorization and analysis of a programme (Aduol, 2001).  It achieves cost minimization for programme under consideration with the goal … Read more

COPING STRATEGIES OF PARENTS WITH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN ENUGU URBAN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENT   Title                 –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           i Approval         –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           ii Certification                –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           iii Dedication      –         –          –            –         –          –              –            –           –           –           iv Acknowledgement      … Read more

CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES USED BY NURSE MANAGERS IN TEACHING HOSPITALS IN ANAMBRA STATE

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Conflict is a normal part of any healthy relationship (George, 2011). After all, two people cannot be expected to agree on everything, all the time. Although there is no universal definition of conflict (Kelly, 2006; Patton, 2014), it can be described as a process in which one … Read more

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL VALUES ENDORSED BY HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY BASED NURSING STUDENTS, SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to comparatively assess the professional values endorsed by hospital and university based nursing students.  Descriptive survey was adopted for the study. No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the inclusion criteria, 233 nursing students were included in the study. Informed written consent was obtained prior … Read more

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILDBIRTH EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN PRIMIGRAVIDAE AND MULTIGRAVIDAE WOMEN IN SOME SELECTED HOSPITALS IN ENUGU STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   Background to the Study Pregnancy is a time of excitement, anticipation and planning interspersed with periods of anxiety, fear and stress all of which are quite normal (Tiran, 2010). Generally, expectant mothers spend the early pregnancy coping with various physiological discomforts like early morning sickness and backache while trying to continue … Read more

CHOICE OF BIRTHPLACE AND USE OF BIRTH ATTENDANTS AMONG CHILD BEARING WOMEN IN AKANU, OHAFIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ABIA STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACT   Birth place and birth attendants during delivery are crucial factors in reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. This study investigated the choice of birthplace and use of birth attendants during delivery and also the factors influencing these choices among child bearing women in Akanu, Ohafia community of Abia State. The need for … Read more

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND PRACTICE OF BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN UMUOWA, ORLU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IMO STATE

ABSTRACT Breast cancer is said to be the commonest cancer and the most lethal malignancy in women across the world. Most of the cases are brought late to the hospital when the conditions are severe with multiple nodal involvements and poorer clinical pathological prognostic outcome. If braest changes are detected early and treatment commenced early … Read more

AWARENESS AND ADHERENCE TO SELF CARE ACTIVITIES OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING DIABETIC CLINICS AT TWO TERTIARY HOSPITALS IN IMO STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic progressive metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose `mainly due to absolute or relative lack of a hormone known as insulin (Shrivastava and Ramasamy, 2013). The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC, 2012) defined it as a group of diseases characterized … Read more

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