Emmanuel Ejembi ANYEBE

Dr. Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe, an Associate Professor of Nursing Sciences at the Department of Nursing Science, University of Ilorin, north-central Nigeria , with about 24 years of experience as a nurse teacher.
He is a Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Educator (RNE - Nigeria and Sierra Leone), and Registered Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse (RMHPN).
He is also a Fellow, West African Postgraduate College of Nurses and Midwives (Faculty of Medical-surgical Nursing), and a Fellow of the African Institute of Public Health Professionals (FAIPHP).
He has Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Nursing (BScN), PGD Public Administration, MSc Mental Health-Psychiatric Nursing, Masters and Ph.D. (Medical) Sociology, with over 80 published peer-reviewed journal articles (national and international), and over 50 conference/invitational papers (national and international).
He also authored a book titled Socioeconomic Consequences of HIV/AIDS in a Traditional African Setting., which is available o

EDUCATION

PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, RNE, RMHPN, FWAPCNM

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Pshychiatric Mental Health, Medical–Surgical Nursing, Nursing, Research and Theory

FUTURE PROJECTS

Scopus Publications

• Determinants of Antipsychotic Drug Accessibility and Their Impact on Treatment Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in North-Western Nigeria
  Ado Shehu
  Jordan Journal of Nursing Research, 2025
  Background: Schizophrenia requires prolonged use of anti-psychotics, yet accessibility challenges often hinder adherence in low- and middle-income nations. Purpose: This study examines factors influencing drug accessibility and their effect on treatment adherence in North-Western Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 865 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia across seven states. Data was collected using a standardized questionnaire, including the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS8). Analysis employed SPSS, version 26 with descriptive statistics, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression, using a significance threshold of p < 0.05. Results: The mean age was 42.3 ± 11.2 years, and 53.9% were male. Adequate drug accessibility was reported by 53.7%, while 46.3% experienced poor accessibility due to high costs (75%), stock-outs (52.5%), and distance to facilities (53.1%). Adherence levels were classified as good (44.9%), moderate (32.8%), and poor (22.3%). Poor accessibility was significantly associated with low income (AOR=3.42), rural residence (AOR=2.18), and unemployment (AOR = 1.87). Predictors of non-adherence included structural barriers (high costs, frequent stock-outs, distance to facilities) and clinical factors (adverse effects, polypharmacy), as well as limited education. Patients with adequate accessibility were nearly three times more likely to adhere (AOR = 2.94, 95% CI=1.74-4.53). Conclusion: Drug accessibility strongly influences adherence to anti-psychotics among people with schizophrenia. Strengthening medicine supply chains, subsidizing costs, and expanding community-based support are vital for improved outcomes. Implications for Nursing: Nurses play a central role in improving adherence by addressing accessibility barriers, providing patient and family education, and advocating for affordable and consistent antipsychotic availability.
• Utilizing AI for Monitoring Sleep Disruption and Cognitive Decline Associated with Smartphone Addiction Among Nursing Students.
  Ephraim Saawua Swande, Agatha Olufunke Ogunkorode, Sunday A. Afolalu, Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe, Amara Eucharia Ilo
  Nipes Journal of Science and Technology Research, 2025
  The rapid increase in smartphone use, especially among young adults and students, has created notable challenges for mental health and cognitive well-being. For nursing students, who already face stress and irregular sleep due to their academic and clinical demands, smartphone addiction introduces an additional strain. This research investigates the possible role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tracking sleep disturbances and related cognitive decline associated with smartphone overuse in this at-risk group. Based on existing research regarding sleep issues, cognitive performance, and behavioral addiction, an important connection between excessive screen usage, irregular sleep patterns, and deteriorating academic and clinical performance among nursing students. The cognitive effects, such as diminished attention span and memory issues, are frequently overlooked but have a considerable impact on the students’ learning and caregiving skills. AI-driven monitoring solutions like wearable technology, sleep tracking apps integrated into smartphones, and machine learning models present encouraging alternatives for real time evaluation and personalized feedback. These technologies can examine and identify irregularities in sleep patterns, and foresee cognitive exhaustion based on usage statistics. Additionally,. By utilizing AI for ongoing monitoring and feedback, educational institutions can encourage healthier digital practices among nursing students, minimize the likelihood of long-term mental deterioration, and enhance overall academic success. This research emphasizes the significance. of incorporating AI based monitoring systems within nursing education to tackle the combined issues of digital addiction and cognitive decline. As smartphone addiction continues to rise, the implementation of Artificial intelligence has the capacity to greatly improve mental health resilience and maximize the cognitive abilities of future healthcare providers.
• Psychological impact of Pregnancy and Health-Seeking Behaviours among Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at Southwest Hospital, Nigeria
  Nigerian Health Journal, 2025
• Perceived work-related stress and associated factors among the surgical workforce in a Nigerian tertiary health facility: A crosssectional study
  Jibril M. Bashar, Danjuma Aliyu, Emmanuel E. Anyebe, Israel Gabriel, Amanullahi Nasir, et al.
  Plos Global Public Health, 2024
  Healthcare workers continue to experience high levels of work-related stress which continue to negatively affect their psychological, physical, and emotional well-being. This is even more prevalent among healthcare workers who work in surgical specialities, with the surgical operation room becoming a known stressor at hospitals. This study aims to assess work-related stress among surgical team members at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria between January 2021–2022. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistical approaches using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. The study found an overall high prevalence of work-related stress, with 65% of participants reporting moderate levels of stress. The majority of the participants have a mean age of 39.4 ± 7.8 years, most of them being physicians (66.3%), being males (59.9%), and identified with a Hausa ethnic tribe. Notably, the multiple regression analysis found that tribe (p = 0.008), professional cadres (p = 0.001) and age/years of experience (p = 0.0035) emerged as significant predictors of work-related stress. Key determinants of work-related stress among surgical team members include workload, complexity of work, and conflicting cognitive job demands that continue to subject professionals to increasing workloads and constant decision-making about their job. Organizational factors, such as job policy and procedure, communication problems, and the nature of facilities, were identified as the highest contributors to work-related stress in organizational, interpersonal, and physical/environmental dimensions. The findings lead to the conclusion that a considerable proportion of surgical team members experience a relatively high level of work-related stress, primarily attributed to workload and cognitive demands. In light of these results, urgent efforts are recommended to improve the working conditions and environment for surgical team members. Furthermore, the integration of stress management measures into the educational programs for the surgical team is emphasized to effectively address and mitigate the impact of work-related stress.
• Factors Influencing Documentation in Nursing Care by Nurses at the Federal Medical Centre, Apir, Benue State, Nigeria
  Aniekwe Louisa Ngozi, Regidor III Dioso, Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe
  Malaysian Journal of Nursing, 2024
  Introduction: Nursing documentation should meet specific and comprehensive standards to achieve its goals, including effective communication, education, research, monitoring, and evaluation within the healthcare system. It should also ensure the collection of essential patient information based on established principles. This study investigated the factors that influence nursing documentation practices at the Federal Medical Centre in Apir, Benue State, Nigeria. The lack of national and local guidelines on nursing documentation has resulted in substandard practices among Nigerian nurses. Methods: The study employed an analytical cross-sectional design. There were 102 participants with a 99.7% response rate. Results: The practice of nursing care documentation was found to be inadequate. The practice of nursing care documentation was significantly linked to not having enough documentation sheets (AOR = 3.271, 95% CI = 1.125–23.704), not having enough time (AOR = 2.205, 95% CI=1.101–3.413), and not meeting the operational standard of nursing documentation (AOR = 2.015, 95% CI = 1.205–3.70). The results also highlight that while nurses recognise the importance of accurate documentation, several barriers, such as workload, inadequate training, and a lack of resources, hinder effective practice. Finally, more than half of nurses did not document their nursing care. Conclusion: The study concludes that addressing these barriers through targeted interventions could significantly improve documentation quality, thereby enhancing patient care outcomes. Agencies employing nurses must ensure to train them for proper nursing care documentation to improve knowledge and foster awareness among healthcare workers about accurate and thorough documentation practices. This will enable nursing directors and chief executive officers to access adequate documenting supplies, in addition to employing more competent and qualified nurses.
• Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Frontline Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Northwest Nigeria
  Nigerian Health Journal, 2024
• Effect of nursing intervention on women's knowledge about pregnancy problems and utilization of obstetrics care services in Edu, Kwara State, Nigeria
  Umar N. Jibril, Arimiyau A. Sanusi, Abdullahi N. Adamu, Joel O. Aluko, Emmanuel E. Anyebe, et al.
  International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2024
• The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Community-based Mental Health Services in Northern Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges
  Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe
  Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2021
  Despite the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in many health issues, their role in community mental health services in parts of northern Nigeria is unknown. This study explored the availability and role of NGOs in community-mental health care services, with a view to identifying the prospects and challenges. Using the convergent mixed methods approach, a self-constructed questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used to collect data from 205 conveniently and purposively selected study participants. Descriptive and thematic analyses were done and then triangulated to meet research objectives. There is a scarcity of mental health-related NGOs in the study areas; only one NGO engaged in the mental health activities was identified (13.4%). Surprisingly attempts by the only available NGO at providing the needed community-based mental health care were “frustrated” by certain government policy directions, which appear to paralyse activities and intentions of the only existing one. NGOs for mental health care are lacking. There is a dire need for NGO activities in mental health care. Efforts should be made to attract NGOs to the study areas in view of the increasing burden of mental health issues in the communities in the setting. Governments at all levels, community-based organisations and traditional institutions can be instrumental to this. NGOs within and outside the study areas focusing on community health in general and mental health care, in particular, may also interrogate this situation further for urgent intervention.
• Barriers to the provision of community-based mental health services at primary healthcare level in northern Nigeria – A mixed methods study
  Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe, V.O. Olisah, S.N. Garba, H.H. Murtala, A. Danjuma
  International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2021
• Availability of mental health services at the primary care level in northern part of Nigeria: Service providers' and users' perspectives
  EmmanuelEjembi Anyebe, VictorO Olisah, SalehNgaski Garba, HassanHassan Murtala, Fatima Balarabe
  Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2020
  Background/Objectives: Community-based mental health services (MHSs) should target 70% of the rural population, the end users of primary health-care (PHC) services. In this study, the views of the service users and providers were explored to determine the level of MHSs available at their PHC care centers in three selected states in northern part of Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Concurrent quantitative and qualitative data (using mixed-methods research) were collected from a sample of 249 participants through a survey questionnaire and focus group discussions. The sets of data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and thematic clustering; these were triangulated to determine the availability of the MHSs. Results: PHC service providers and users reported that PHC centers lacked any formal MHSs, and only a few personal efforts by service providers were mentioned. The service users could not attest to even these unofficial services. Conclusion: Primary MHSs remain conspicuously absent at community level in the study areas. Both service providers and users attest to the near-complete scarcity despite their willingness to provide and use the services, respectively, if and when formal arrangements can be made. Recommendations: Stakeholders' attention is once again drawn to a neglected component of the PHC to promote mental health and prevent community mental health problems characteristic of many communities.
• Current Status of Mental Health Services at the Primary Healthcare Level in Northern Nigeria
  E. E. Anyebe, V. O. Olisah, S. N. Garba, M. Amedu
  Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2019
• Health education intervention on knowledge and accessibility of pregnant women to antenatal care services in Edu, Kwara State, Nigeria
  Umar N. Jibril, Garba N. Saleh, Olusegun Badaki, Emmanuel E. Anyebe, Aliyu Umar, et al.
  International Journal of Women S Health and Reproduction Sciences, 2018
• Pattern of eye diseases in a university health service clinic in northern Nigeria.
  Nigerian Journal of Medicine Journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, 2012
• Prognosis of non traumatic coma: The role of some socio-economic factors on its outcome in Ibadan, Nigeria
  OR Obiako, A Ogunniyi, E Anyebe
  Annals of African Medicine, 2009
• The social and clinical correlates of typhoid fever infection in Zaria, Northern Nigeria
  Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2008

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

• Barriers and Enhancers to the Implementation of Music Therapy in the Management of Mental Illness in Neuropsychiatric Hospitals in Nigeria
  SO Omoniyi, EE Anyebe, D Aliyu, AO Olajide, SD Agbaje, DD Faleti, ...
  2026
• Cognitive Mechanisms Linking Social Media Engagement to Depressive Moods Among Nigerian Undergraduates: A Mixed‑Methods Study
  HI Efunniyi¹, TO Bamigboye, EE Anyebe
  2026
• Mental Health Literacy among Nigerian Undergraduates: A Systematic Review of Correlates and Experiences (2000–2025)
  SA Ogunjobi, IM Alade, EE Anyebe
  FUOYE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2 (Special Issue) , 2026
  2026
• Regression Analysis of Students' Perception on Internet-based Teaching-learning Effectiveness in Nursing Institutions of North-central, Nigeria
  UN Jibril, EE Anyebe, JA Awoniyi, OA Olasupo, AG Umar, OJ David, ...
  Journal of Pubnursing Sciences 3 (04), 162-171 , 2025
  2025
• Relationship between Sleep Pattern and Behaviour of Students of Health Sciences in a Nigerian University
  MA Shittu, R RM, EE Anyebe, R RNE, SO Omoniyi, R RNE, K Adesina, ...
  The Nursing Scope Journal 8 (3), 96-107 , 2025
  2025
• Coping strategies among Frontline healthcare workers during covid-19 in a nigerian tertiary hospital: implications for psychosocial support in future emergency health
  D Aliyu, EE Anyebe, AS Igbinlade, SO Omoniyi, SA Balarebe, Y Umar, ...
  Bayero Journal of Nursing and Health Care 7 (1), 1483-1493 , 2025
  2025
• Factors influencing the use of aphrodisiac substances among Lagos commercial bus drivers
  D Aliyu, VEE Isibor, OH Aregbesola, EE Anyebe, AS Igbinlade, IO Isaiah, ...
  Bayero Journal of Nursing and Health Care 6 (2), 1462-1472 , 2025
  2025
• Evaluating the perception and satisfaction of the Computer-Based Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (CA-OSCE) on nursing students in the general nursing examination by …
  MA Ladan, UB Lawal, U Yunusa, KN Nasidi, AH Ibrahim, A Idris, ...
  Bayero Journal of Nursing and Health Care 6 (2), 1424-1432 , 2025
  2025
• The psychosocial support available to perinatal women in selected maternity centers in Oyo state, Nigeria
  AA Adelani, JA Afolayan
  FUOYE Journal Of Biomedical Research 2 (1) , 2025
  2025
• Enhancers and Barriers to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Practices by Nurses and Midwives: A Cross-sectional Study of Selected Hospitals in North-central Nigeria
  SO Omoniyi, EE Anyebe, R RNE, F FWACPNM, R RM, NF Omoregbee, ...
  The Nursing Scope Journal 8 (2), 14-29 , 2025
  2025
• Knowledge and Perception of HealthCare Workers on Antibiotic Resistance and Predictors of Antibiotic Prescription in Benue State, Nigeria
  AN Nwagbo, TA Oloyede, EE Anyebe, EE Anyebe, N Sani, DA David, ...
  ASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH Учредители: Sciencedomain International … , 2025
  2025
• Knowledge and Perception regarding Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Abuse among Nurses in Southwest, Nigeria
  OC OLARINDE, EE ANYEBE, JA AFOLAYAN, AA Abolaji
  2025
• The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ)
  D Aliyu, DK Sani, SA Kombo, H Gomma, SM Sani, B Abdulmumini, ...
  2025
• Determinants of Antenatal Exercise among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Owo, Ondo State
  UN Jibril, AM Adenike, DT Grace, AO Joel
  Texila International Journal of Medicine , 2025
  2025
• AN INVESTIGATION OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AND ITS PERCEIVED EFFECTS ON SLEEP-PATTERN AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG STUDENTS AT SCHOOL OF NURSING IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA
  FI Bamidele, EE Anyebe, SO Omoniyi, MO Yakubu, BO Akapo, AO Sanni
  FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 8 (6), 96-100 , 2024
  2024
• Perceived work-related stress and associated factors among the surgical workforce in a Nigerian tertiary health facility: A cross-sectional study
  JM Bashar, D Aliyu, EE Anyebe, I Gabriel, A Nasir, AS Mangari, ...
  PLOS global public health 4 (11), e0003959 , 2024
  2024
  Citations: 3
• Factors influencing documentation in nursing care by nurses at the Federal Medical Centre, Apir, Benue State, Nigeria
  AL Ngozi, RIII Dioso, EE Anyebe
  The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN) 16 (2), 63-73 , 2024
  2024
  Citations: 7
• Knowledge and Perception on Causes, Social Consequences, and Preventive Strategies of Teenage Pregnancy among Secondary School Students in North Central Nigeria
  OA Onasoga, EE Anyebe, AO Aderibigbe, RI Fadare
  Achievers Journal of Scientific Research 6 (1), 168-177 , 2024
  2024
• Mental Health Status and Mental Health Self-care Practices of Nurses in a South-west State in Nigeria: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
  EE Anyebe, JA Afolayan, OO Aina, EF Ojo, ID Owoeye
  Mental Health and Psychological Wellness 1 (1), 24 , 2024
  2024
• The Quality of Nurses’ Relationships with Patients and their Relatives in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study
  EE Anyebe, UN Jobril, MA Ibraheem, KA Adesina, OB Adenigba
  Funksec here 6 (1), 1-15 , 2024
  2024

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

• Knowledge and practice of cervical cancer screening amongst nurses in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria
  EE Anyebe, SA Opaluwa, HM Muktar, F Philip
  Research on Humanities and Social Sciences 4 (27) , 2014
  2014
  Citations: 51
• Barriers to the provision of community-based mental health services at primary healthcare level in northern Nigeria–A mixed methods study
  EE Anyebe, VO Olisah, SN Garba, HH Murtala, A Danjuma
  International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 15, 100376 , 2021
  2021
  Citations: 44
• Current Status of Mental Health Services at the Primary Healthcare Level in Northern Nigeria
  EE Anyebe, VO Olisah, SN Garba, M Amedu
  Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services … , 2019
  2019
  Citations: 39
• Socio-economic challenges of parents of children with neurological disorders: A hospital-based study in northwest Nigeria
  H Lawal, EE Anyebe, OR Obiako, SN Garba
  International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 6 (4), 58-66 , 2014
  2014
  Citations: 35
• Pattern of eye diseases in a university health service clinic in northern Nigeria
  KK Oladigbolu, ER Abah, D Chinda, EE Anyebe
  Nigerian Journal of Medicine 21 (3), 334-337 , 2012
  2012
  Citations: 26
• Health education intervention on knowledge and accessibility of pregnant women to antenatal care services in Edu, Kwara State, Nigeria
  NJ Umar, SN Garba, O Badaki, EE Anyebe, A Umar, A Kamal
  International Journal of Womens Health and Reproduction Sciences 6, 154-160 , 2018
  2018
  Citations: 25
• Community perception of single parenting in Zaria, Northern Nigeria
  EE Anyebe, H Lawal, R Dodo, BR Adeniyi
  Journal of Nursing Care 6 (411), 2167-2173 , 2017
  2017
  Citations: 20
• Profile of refractive errors and presbyopia in a university community: A clinical study
  ER Abah, D Chinda, E Samaila, EE Anyebe
  Ann Niger Med 4 (2), 55-58 , 2010
  2010
  Citations: 19
• Occurrence, pattern and effects of nonconventional use of substances among youth in North-Central, Nigeria
  D Aliyu, IT Adeleke, EE Anyebe, SO Omoniyi, LY Ibrahim
  World J Prev Med 4 (1), 12-19 , 2016
  2016
  Citations: 17
• Socio-demographic profile of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Idoma land, Benue state, North-central Nigeria: Implications for HIV/AIDS control
  EE Anyebe
  International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology , 2013
  2013
  Citations: 13
• Prognosis of non traumatic coma: The role of some socio-economic factors on its outcome in Ibadan, Nigeria
  OR Obiako, A Ogunniyi, E Anyebe
  Annals of African Medicine 8 (2), 115-121 , 2009
  2009
  Citations: 13
• AN ASSESSMENT OF STRESS AMONGST NURSES IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, NORTHWEST NIGERIA.
  EE Anyebe, SN Garba, CI Ukut
  West African Journal of Nursing 25 (1) , 2014
  2014
  Citations: 12
• Public awareness and perception on care for the elderly among funtua residents in katsina state, north-west nigeria
  MN Shiaka, EE Anyebe, D Aliyu, MA Salga, AB Saleh
  World 4 (1), 20-24 , 2016
  2016
  Citations: 11
• Contraceptive use among married women in Zaria, Northwest Nigeria
  EE Anyebe, SK Olufemi, H Lawal
  Research on Humanities and Social Sciences 4 (27), 69-75 , 2014
  2014
  Citations: 11
• Availability of mental health services at the primary care level in northern part of Nigeria: Service providers' and users' perspectives
  EE Anyebe, VO Olisah, SN Garba, HH Murtala, F Balarabe
  Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 36 (2), 157-162 , 2020
  2020
  Citations: 10
• Barriers to optimal care and strategies to promote safe and optimal management of sick young infants during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country formative research study
  PSBI Formative Research Study Group
  Journal of Global Health 12, 05023 , 2022
  2022
  Citations: 8
• Adherence to drug treatment among schizophrenic patients in Jigawa State, Nigeria
  A Shehu, SN Garba, EE Anyebe, M Tukur, H Gomma
  Annals of African Medical Research 2 (1) , 2019
  2019
  Citations: 8
• Impact of Health Education on Knowledge and Access to Delivery Care Services in Women among Edu Local Government, Nigeria
  NJ Umar, JL Afolayan, EE Anyebe, FM Rejuaro, OA Onosoga, MB Ibitoye
  Journal of Community Medicine and Health Education 7, 510 , 2017
  2017
  Citations: 8
• Factors influencing documentation in nursing care by nurses at the Federal Medical Centre, Apir, Benue State, Nigeria
  AL Ngozi, RIII Dioso, EE Anyebe
  The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN) 16 (2), 63-73 , 2024
  2024
  Citations: 7
• Challenges faced by Psychiatric Nurses in Managing Psychiatric Patients in Kano State, Nigeria
  MM Haddad, FA Ashiru, HH Murtala, EE Anyebe, MU Umar, AD Suleiman, ...
  PsychologIA 28 (1), 51-58 , 2020
  2020
  Citations: 7