Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria

Introduction: Most individuals in Nigeria pay little attention to health issues and accord little or no priority to medical check-up. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge and practice of periodic medical check-up in south west Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was...

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Main Authors:	Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bridget Omotoso, Faith Alele, Ibidun Amenkhienan
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling	ukm-88392016-12-14T06:48:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8839/ Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bridget Omotoso, Faith Alele, Ibidun Amenkhienan, Introduction: Most individuals in Nigeria pay little attention to health issues and accord little or no priority to medical check-up. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge and practice of periodic medical check-up in south west Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 231 respondents in Owo, Ondo State, South West Nigeria. A structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used and data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Respondents with 2 and above positive response to questions on medical check-up were regarded as having it frequently. Association between categorical variables were explored using chi square, Level of significance was set at 5%. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 52.4±17.9 years, 60.2% were females and 80.6% were married. About 62% (144) have ever heard of periodic medical check-up, 79% (114) of those who have heard had ever had it done and only 48.2% among those who had ever done it had frequent medical check-up. A statistically significant proportion of respondents who were 60 years and above (54.8%) had frequent medical check-up compared to 23.1% of respondents who were less than or equal to 40 years (p=0.014). Conclusions: Effort is needed in ensuring that periodic medical check-up is encouraged. There is a need to study the factors associated with the uptake of medical check-up among the study population. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8839/1/vol_5_no_1_2015_75.pdf Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, and Bridget Omotoso, and Faith Alele, and Ibidun Amenkhienan, (2015) Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria. International Journal of Public Health Research, 5 (1). pp. 576-583. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description	Introduction: Most individuals in Nigeria pay little attention to health issues and accord little or no priority to medical check-up. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge and practice of periodic medical check-up in south west Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 231 respondents in Owo, Ondo State, South West Nigeria. A structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used and data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Respondents with 2 and above positive response to questions on medical check-up were regarded as having it frequently. Association between categorical variables were explored using chi square, Level of significance was set at 5%. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 52.4±17.9 years, 60.2% were females and 80.6% were married. About 62% (144) have ever heard of periodic medical check-up, 79% (114) of those who have heard had ever had it done and only 48.2% among those who had ever done it had frequent medical check-up. A statistically significant proportion of respondents who were 60 years and above (54.8%) had frequent medical check-up compared to 23.1% of respondents who were less than or equal to 40 years (p=0.014). Conclusions: Effort is needed in ensuring that periodic medical check-up is encouraged. There is a need to study the factors associated with the uptake of medical check-up among the study population.
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author	Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bridget Omotoso, Faith Alele, Ibidun Amenkhienan,
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author_facet	Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bridget Omotoso, Faith Alele, Ibidun Amenkhienan,
author_sort	Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi,
title	Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria
title_short	Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria
title_full	Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria
title_fullStr	Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria
title_sort	periodic medical checkup: knowledge and practice in a community in south west nigeria
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8839/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8839/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8839/1/vol_5_no_1_2015_75.pdf
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Periodic Medical Checkup: Knowledge and Practice in a Community in South West Nigeria

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