Open AccessPattern and predictors of Brain Fag syndrome among senior secondary school students in Calabar, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Aniekan Essien,
Chidi John 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.