Pattern of family dynamics and treatment-seeking behaviour of caregivers of under-five children with uncomplicated malaria in a tertiary hospital in Ilesa, southwestern Nigeria
Abdulwasiu Akanfe Adegboyega, Abdulakeem Ayanleye Ahmed, Ibrahim Sebutu Bello, Olanrewaju Oloyede Oyegbade, Samuel Ademola Adegoke, Olufemi M. Olubiyi, Temitope Oluwafemi Olajubu, Kolawole Muideen Adewumi, Fatima Adenike Adegoke, Abraham Busola Oluwajuyitan, David Diemert, David Diemert, David Diemert · 2026
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Abdulwasiu Akanfe Adegboyega leads a team in Ilesa, southwestern Nigeria, studying why caregivers of young children with malaria so often seek treatment late or in the wrong place, in a 2026 study. Nigeria carries the world's heaviest malaria burden. Delays in treating small children can let a mild illness turn severe. The researchers suspected family income, functioning, and support shape those decisions.
The hospital-based study enrolled 350 child-caregiver pairs and used an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Only 41.7 percent of caregivers showed appropriate treatment-seeking behavior overall. Caregivers from poorer families had about two and a half times the odds of inappropriate behavior, and those from dysfunctional families about four times the odds, with figures of 2.494 and 3.766 reported in the adjusted models. The authors recommend strengthening families and counseling caregivers on prompt, proper care seeking.
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| CREATOR | Abdulwasiu Akanfe Adegboyega, Abdulakeem Ayanleye Ahmed, Ibrahim Sebutu Bello, Olanrewaju Oloyede Oyegbade, Samuel Ademola Adegoke, Olufemi M. Olubiyi, Temitope Oluwafemi Olajubu, Kolawole Muideen Adewumi, Fatima Adenike Adegoke, Abraham Busola Oluwajuyitan, David Diemert, David Diemert, David Diemert |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 81 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |