BACKGROUND The stress associated with residency training may place house officers at risk for poorer health. We sought to determine the level of self-reported health among resident physicians and to ascertain factors that are associated with their reported health. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to house officers in 4 residency programs at a large Midwestern medical center. Self-rate...

This research is an examination of the generalizability of a Likert-type scale originally devised to measure attitudes toward illegal immigrants (IA) in the United States. The current authors administered this scale across 4 national samples using several methodological procedures. Undergraduate students (631) responded to the IA scale (R. Ommundsen & K. S. Larsen, 1997) at the University of Os...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide, with the major increases expected to occur in developing countries. It has been observed that the pattern of hospital admissions can be used to determine the effectiveness of outpatient care of DM. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed to examine diabetes-related admissions to medical wards of a federal medical center in Ekiti,...

Production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) producing E. coli in animals and different methods of identifications from Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, were investigated. Three hundred and fifty fecal samples, collected from apparently healthy cattle and pigs, were cultured and identified following standard procedures. ESBL phenotypic detection was carried out using combination disc te...

In Nigeria, cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women. This study was conducted to determine women’s knowledge, perceptions attitude its screening services in Iyin-Ekiti, South-Western Nigeria. A community-based, cross-sectional used. An interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire used elicit information from 397 women reproductive age who were recrui...

BACKGROUND The primary purpose was to assess if VAS or Likert was relatively more suitable when assessing self-ratings of voice and speech in patients treated for laryngeal cancer. An additional purpose was to investigate whether the scales differed in measuring change after treatment. MATERIAL/METHODS Using both VAS and Likert, 71 patients answered three questions at baseline and 12 months a...

BACKGROUND Visual analogue scales (VASs) have been shown to be valid measurement instruments and a better alternative to Likert-type scales in Internet-based research, both empirically and theoretically [1,2]. Upsides include more differentiated responses, better measurement level, and less error. Their feasibility and properties in the context of eHealth, however, have not been examined so far...

This study was carried out to elicit the attitude and perception of rural women in Kaduna State, Nigeria, towards the formation and membership of self-help groups (SHGs). Multistage random sampling was adopted and a total of 176 respondents from two (2) local government areas were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Two sets of questions based on a 5-point Likert-type scale...

OBJECTIVE To determine the basic demographic patterns and the frequency of medical causes of deaths in medical wards of a tertiary health center located in a rural community of Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients' records admitted into medical wards of the Federal Medical Centre Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria between January 2009 and December 2011 was carried ...