Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care

Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024

  • Research Article

    Prevalence of Self-Medication with Antibiotics Among Bahri University Medical Students, Sudan 2022

    Ayat Abdelmahmoud Ahmed Abdelmahmoud, Osama Mohammed Noraldaym Elfaki, Mustafa Magbol*, Ahmad Izzoddeen, Musab Fathelrahman Mukhtar Osman, Najla Ahmed Ginawi

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 18-22
    Received: 18 March 2024
    Accepted: 16 April 2024
    Published: 28 April 2024
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    Abstract: Background: Antibiotics are medications that eliminate life threating infections from the body. It’s one of the most reported medications that used without doctor’s prescription. The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics is quite high in developing countries as opposed to developed countries. It is linked with negative outcomes on individu... Show More
  • Research Article

    A Qualitative Analysis of the Association of Treatment Outcomes, Psychosocial Factors, and Multimorbidity in Severe Hypertensive Patients Attending Health Institutions in Southeast Nigeria

    Sylvia Oluchi Nwaike*, Ebenezer Obi Daniel, Sheriff Lamidi, Michael Olabode Tomori, Michael Avwerhota, Israel Olukayode Popoola, Adebanke Adetutu Ogun, Aisha Oluwakemi Salami, Olukayode Oladeji Alewi

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 23-30
    Received: 5 April 2024
    Accepted: 19 April 2024
    Published: 10 May 2024
    DOI: 10.11648/j.jfmhc.20241002.12
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    Abstract: Severe hypertension is associated with a two-fold increase in relative risk of death. Interventions to date fail to achieve sustained improvement in blood pressure, particularly in regional areas of high social disparity. Growing evidence points to multiple psychological, social and morbidity factors as contributors to the onset of and trajectory o... Show More