BACKGROUND : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed immense pressure on frontline doctors. Burnout is a psychological syndrome that develops in response to chronic work stress. It consists of emotional ...
BACKGROUND : The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an essential skill in the practice
of emergency medicine (EM), with benefit to patient care by improving diagnostic accuracy.
Despite this, there exists little ...
Siemens, Jo-Marie A.; Bhoora, Urvisha; Janse van Rensburg, Michelle(AOSIS, 2023-09-05)
BACKGROUND : Temporary shelters were established for street-based people during the national
level 5 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. However, street-based substance
users’ need to access substances was not ...
Phiri, T.V.; Gloeck, Natasha; Musekiwa, Alfred(South African Medical Association, 2023-09)
BACKGROUND : People experiencing homelessness are among the most socially and medically vulnerable populations. Objectives. To assess the prevalence of comorbid disease and associated risk factors among homeless people ...
Acute limb compartment syndrome can occur with cytotoxic snake envenomation. Ultrasound (US) assessment of the
affected limb has been suggested as an adjunct to the administration of snakebite polyvalent antivenom to ...
BACKGROUND : In Malawi, only 1 072 229 people out of a national target population of 13 546 324 had received at least one dose of the AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine by 26 December 2021, and only 672 819 people were classified ...
Hardcastle, T.C.; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Lalloo, Vidya; Bell, C.; Toubkin, M.; Motara, F.; Kajee, M.(South African Medical Association, 2023-07)
This article explores the management of snakebite in vulnerable patient groups, namely children and pregnant women, as well as providing
detail on the current best practice when caring for venom ophthalmia and surgical ...
Snakebite management is largely driven by expert opinion and consensus. However, there are a few large retrospective studies and
randomised controlled trials that have improved the quality of medical guidance currently ...
Toppe, Michael; Nkombua, Lushiku(American Medical Association, 2023-05)
Social determinants of health are increasingly recognized as important factors in individual and public health outcomes and are therefore of interest to both health care systems and medical schools. However, teaching ...
Borresen, Jill; Celie, Bert; Laubscher, Ria; Bac, Martin; Wood, Paola; Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Nolte, Kim; Schwellnus, Marianne; Basu, Debashis; Schwellnus, Martin Peter(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
The personal health behaviours, including physical activity, of healthcare professionals influence their counselling practices as they relate to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, despite the importance of producing ...
BACKGROUND : Limitations in laboratory testing capacity undermine the ability to quantify the overall burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
METHODS : We undertook a population-based ...
Occupational therapy is a holistic profession that assists clients to restore meaning to their lives—a vital spiritual task. Spirituality is a multifaceted and multidimensional construct that occupational therapists need ...
The City of Tshwane and University of Pretoria’s Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) is an applied research intervention to address drug use-related harms in the city by using a harm reduction community-oriented ...
BACKGROUND : The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted healthcare service delivery globally. The aim of this study was to assess effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the uptake of routine healthcare services related to maternal, ...
Madela-Mntla, Edith; Ngcobo, Sanele(Health Systems Trust, 2022-12)
BACKGROUND : The COVID-19 pandemic caused great social, political and economic disruption, and imposed unprecedented changes in work, lifestyle, service delivery and social interactions in South Africa and worldwide. ...
Cervical cancer is largely preventable through early detection, but screening uptake remains
low among black women in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to determine the
prevalence and factors associated with ...
INTRODUCTION : we determined the prevalence, patterns and factors associated with tobacco use among women presenting for cervical cancer screening in primary health care clinics in Gauteng province, South Africa. METHODS ...
Saasa-Modise, Mmipe Lillian; Musonda, John Mukuka; Sikwese-Musonda, Joyce; Maseko, Nomvula Josephine; Hlophe, Lineo; Kubeka, Griffiths(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2022-09-20)
INTRODUCTION : globally, cervical cancer remains a public health problem. It is ranked the fourth most common cause of women's cancer. In South Africa, it was the second most common cancer diagnosed in 2012. The disease ...
Delport, Rhena; Dreyer, Abigail; Maart, Ronel; MohamedSharif, Asma; Nekaka, Rebecca; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz)(Makerere University, Medical School, 2023-06-02)
BACKGROUND : The inclusion of research in undergraduate medical curricula benefits students as well as the scientific community. Multiple studies report the presence of one or more barriers to research training in these ...
BACKGROUND : Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders and, when taken as maintenance therapy, has proven health and social benefits. The benefits of OST are achieved through ...