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Pattern and predictors of Brain Fag syndrome among senior secondary school students in Calabar, Nigeria

Author(s) -

EmmanuelAniekan Essien,

ChidiJohn Okafor,

Joseph Okegbe,

Owoidoho Udofia

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nigerian postgraduate medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261

H-Index - 19

ISSN - 1117-1936

DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_49_17

Subject(s) - demography , confidence interval , residence , marital status , medicine , odds ratio , stratified sampling , discontinuation , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology

Brain Fag syndrome (BFS) is a culture-bound disorder that is quite common among Nigerian students. It is known to be associated with study difficulty, and in severe cases, discontinuation of education. Little is known about its pattern and predictors among secondary school (SS) students in Calabar.

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