Browsing Family Medicine by UP Author "Wood, Paola Silvia"

Browsing Family Medicine by UP Author "Wood, Paola Silvia"

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  • The FitTrack Index as fitness indicator : a pilot study 
    Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Audrey; Janse van Rensburg; Botha, R.P.G. (Roelf Petrus Gerhardus); Wood, Paola Silvia; Nolte, Kim; Fletcher, Lizelle; Du Toit, Peet J.; Pepper, Michael Sean; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst) (Elsevier, 2016-12)
    BACKGROUND : The FitTrack Index is a web-based programme developed in South Africa and widely used by athletes to indicate their fitness. A need exists for a self-managed, noninvasive tool to evaluate and categorise ...
  • Poor cardiorespiratory fitness in first year medical students at a South African University 
    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 ...
  • Willingness of people with Type 2 diabetes to start insulin therapy : evidence from the South African Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP) 
    Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Marcus, Tessa S.; Rheeder, Paul (Elsevier, 2020-10)
    AIMS : To determine factors associated with ‘hypothetical willingness’ to start insulin among people with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS : A quantitative cross-sectional study with insulin-naïve T2DM patients at 23 primary ...