Psychological correlates of COVID safety protocol adherence among university students

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a global concern. Reports of insidious asymptomatic variants of the virus raise concerns about the safety of huge numbers of students on university campuses. Objective: The study aimed to delineate psychological correlates for students' adherence to safety protocols for appropriate context-specific coping intervention designs. Setting & Design: 751 students from the various colleges of the KNUST were conveniently sampled for this crosssectional survey. Measures: Psychological instruments with good psychometric properties (DASS-21; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Perceived Control Scales) were used in addition to demographics and questions on COVID safety protocol adherence. Results: Self-esteem positively correlated with perceived control (r = 0.40, p<0.001) and COVID adherence (r = 0.16, p<0.001); but negatively correlated with psychological distress (r = -0.44 p<0.001). Greater perceived control was associated with lower psychological distress (r = -0.20 p<0.001) and greater adherence to safety protocols (r = 0.24 p<0.001). Protocol adherence was regressed on psychological distress, self-esteem, and perceived control to determine any significant prediction. All the variables accounted for 7% of the variance in COVID protocol adherence (R2 = 0.07, F (3, 661) =17.29, p<0.001) with perceived control significantly predicting adherence to COVID safety protocol (B = 0.11, ß=0.23, t=5.54 p<0.001). Conclusion: Results indicated that perceived control over important life events and healthy self-esteem would likely facilitate adherence to COVID safety protocols and attenuate psychological distress. Implications for further research and design of appropriate COVID coping response interventions are discussed

Frequency of Toxoplasmosis among Zagazig University Students in 2017

Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is a major health problem in which about 30% of people are born with anti Toxoplasma antibodies worldwide. Toxoplasmosis causes congenital infection, neurological and psychatric disorders. The present study aimed to determine prevalence and factors associated with T. gondii infection in Zagazig university students in 2017-2018.

Aspects épidémiologiques et cliniques des brûlures cutanées graves en milieu hospitalier en Côte d'Ivoire / Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of severe Cutaneous Burns in Hospital in Cote d'Ivoire

Contexte et Objectif. Les brûlures cutanées graves constituent un véritable problème de santé publique à l'échelle mondiale. L'objectif de cette étude était de décrire le profi l épidémiologique et clinique des brûlures cutanées graves dans le but de mettre en place de mesures préventives effi cientes. Méthodes. Ils'agissait d'une étude transversale rétrospective à visée descriptive et analytique déroulée sur une période de 3 ans au sein du service de Dermatologie du CHU de Bouaké. Tous les malades quelque soit l'âge et le sexe reçus au service dermatologie pour brûlure cutanée grave ont été inclus. Les tests statistiques utilisés étaient les tests de Kruskal Wallis (KW) et de Mann whitney-Wilcoxon(MWW) Résultats. Sur la période d'étude, nous avons inclus 46 patients sur 6074 admissions soit une prévalence hospitalière de 0,75%. L'âge moyen était de 20,79 ans. Le sex-ratio était de3,18. 10,9% de nos patients avaient une condition socio-économique défavorable. Les antécédents les plus retrouvés étaient l'épilepsie (6,5%) et les troubles psychiatriques (4,3%). Les brûlures thermiques étaient majoritaires(95,7%), etles brûlures par fl amme (56,8%) et l'ébouillantement (43,2%)en constituaient les principales causes.Les membres étaient plus atteints (93,5%).Les brûlures étaient du premier degré (10,9%) et du deuxième degré (89,1%). L'étendue moyenne de la brûlure était de 23,91%. Les sujets d'âge plus jeunes étaient surtout brûlés par les liquides chauds. Il n'y'avait pas de lien entre l'âge et l'étendue des lésions ni entre l'agent causal et l'étendue des lésions. Conclusion. Les brûlures cutanées graves représentent un fl éau en Côte d'ivoire.Il est indispensable d'instaurer des mesures de prévention en vue de limiter les conséquences de celles-ci.

Sonographic Quantification of Ovarian Volumes in an Adult Nigeria Population

This study was conducted to establish the normal values of ovarian volumes in this locality. A convenience sample of 141 apparently and gynecologically healthy and non pregnant females was studied using transabdominal sonography. The length; width and anteroposterior dimensions of both the right and left ovaries were measured. Volumes of the ovaries were determined using the prolate ellipsoid formula. The mean ovarian volumes were found to be a 9.5cm3 and 10.cm3 for the right and left ovaries respectively. A mean ovarian volume (Right and left) was 9.9cm3. A mean (right and left) range of 5.3cm3 to 13.9cm3 was also established. Significant correlations were noted between ovarian volumes and age (r=0.93; p0.05) and between ovarian volumes and body weight (r