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Physiother Theory Pract ; 37(12): 1391-1403, 2021 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31822211

ABSTRACT

Study Aim: To describe how physiotherapists in northern Nigeria managed the environmental and socioeconomic determinants of mobility for older adults.Methods: We adopted a qualitative description approach, purposely selected and conducted telephone interviews with 20 physiotherapists from Abuja [the Federal Capital Territory], four of the six states in North-central, and one state in the North-west regions of Nigeria. Data were analyzed using qualitative content and constant comparative analyses.Result: The physiotherapists had between 5 and 11 years practice experience in managing older adults with mobility limitations. Three iterative stages of identification, intervention, and documentation emerged as clinical experiences of Nigerian physiotherapists in managing environmental and socioeconomic determinants of mobility for older adults. Identification stages included determining older adults with mobility limitation through patients'/physiotherapists' reports and identifying the environmental (e.g. staircase location, floor types, furniture, and the urban built environment) and socioeconomic (e.g. education, income, and occupation) factors. The clinical decision of the "best" individualized approach to intervention, providing reassurance and education during and after the intervention were sub-stages for the intervention stage. There is a potential gap in the documentation process of these stages as most of the physiotherapists (n = 15; 75%) reported not doing so.Conclusion: This study suggested three iterative stages of identification, intervention, and documentation of the environmental and socioeconomic determinants of mobility for older adults. While there was a potential gap in regard to documentation of these stages in patients' case notes, physiotherapists especially in North-central Nigeria believed that co-developing a pragmatic set of clinical questions focusing on these determinants of mobility could encourage physiotherapists to explicitly document them. As the approach used in our research is purely descriptive, a grounded theory approach would potentially provide more detailed sub-stages that could be a more effective guide for physiotherapists to use during clinical practice.


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Physical Therapists , Aged , Educational Status , Humans , Mobility Limitation , Nigeria , Qualitative Research , Socioeconomic Factors
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J Immunol Res ; 2020: 2837670, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32964056

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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has previously never been identified with humans, thereby creating devastation in public health. The need for an effective vaccine to curb this pandemic cannot be overemphasized. In view of this, we designed a subcomponent antigenic peptide vaccine targeting the N-terminal (NT) and C-terminal (CT) RNA binding domains of the nucleocapsid protein that aid in viral replication. Promising antigenic B cell and T cell epitopes were predicted using computational pipelines. The peptides "RIRGGDGKMKDL" and "AFGRRGPEQTQGNFG" were the B cell linear epitopes with good antigenic index and nonallergenic property. Two CD8+ and Three CD4+ T cell epitopes were also selected considering their safe immunogenic profiling such as allergenicity, antigen level conservancy, antigenicity, peptide toxicity, and putative restrictions to a number of MHC-I and MHC-II alleles. With these selected epitopes, a nonallergenic chimeric peptide vaccine incapable of inducing a type II hypersensitivity reaction was constructed. The molecular interaction between the Toll-like receptor-5 (TLR5) which was triggered by the vaccine was analyzed by molecular docking and scrutinized using dynamics simulation. Finally, in silico cloning was performed to ensure the expression and translation efficiency of the vaccine, utilizing the pET-28a vector. This research, therefore, provides a guide for experimental investigation and validation.


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Betacoronavirus/immunology , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Nucleocapsid Proteins/immunology , Nucleocapsid/immunology , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Viral Vaccines/immunology , CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology , COVID-19 , Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/genetics , Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology , Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics , Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology , Humans , Molecular Docking Simulation , Molecular Dynamics Simulation , Nucleocapsid Proteins/metabolism , RNA Recognition Motif Proteins/immunology , RNA-Binding Motifs/immunology , SARS-CoV-2 , Toll-Like Receptor 5/metabolism , Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology , Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
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SAGE Open Nurs ; 4: 2377960818785155, 2018.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33415197

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of hip fracture among older adults in Nigeria is on the rise. As a result, there is increased frequency of hospitalization, patient suffering, family burden, and societal cost. One dimension that has not been sufficiently explored is the burden of care experienced by informal and formal caregivers. OBJECTIVES: To describe the care burden experience of informal and formal caregivers for older adults with hip fractures in a specialized orthopedic center in Nigeria and to explore in detail how their experience differs in caregiving roles. METHOD: This study was conducted in the phenomenological approach of qualitative methods. Face-to-face interviews and focus group interaction with 12 family caregivers and 5 health-care professionals were carried out until data saturation was achieved. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: The physical, emotional, and general health of elderly hip fracture patients are issues that affect caregiving. Factors that contribute to increased caregivers' burden include system factors (lack of personnel and health-care facilities) and patient factors: comorbidity, patient's cognitive status, and challenges completing activities of daily living (ADL). Social and financial barriers to care contribute to the type of burden experienced by the participants. CONCLUSIONS: Caregivers experience difficulty in helping patients complete their ADL because patients with hip fracture have mobility issues that are often complicated by comorbid physical and cognitive problems. Strategies to reduce caregivers' burden for older adults with hip fracture in Nigeria are needed. Greater access to health-care services and ADL aids, and training of caregivers on how to deal with cognitive and multimorbid health problems are potential solutions.

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