Background
Morbidity and mortality following emergency surgeries can be reduced with timely access to emergency surgery and five billion people globally, lack access to essential surgery. Data on the determinants of these are still lacking.
Objectives
We studied resident doctors’ perspectives of the...
Emergencies,
Emergency Service, Hospital,
General Surgery,
Surgical Procedures, Operative,
Surgeons,
Missed Diagnosis,
Delivery of Health Care,
Point-of-Care Testing,
Cross-Sectional Studies
Background: About 1.3 billion people around the world are living with disabilities, facing challenges such as premature death, mental conditions and other diseases. In South Africa, over 3.5 million people live with disabilities, making up about 6.6% of the total population. People with disabilities face...
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally since the first case was diagnosed in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and we are now experiencing the fourth wave. Several measures are being taken to care for the infected and to curtail the spread of this novel infectious virus. The psychosocial impac...
COVID-19,
SARS-CoV-2,
Psychosocial Impact,
Psychological Distress,
Stereotyping,
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic,
Quarantine,
Depression,
Caregivers,
Family,
Persons
Background: Anaesthesiology is considered to be a medical speciality that can result in high levels of stress. The COVID-19
pandemic required anaesthetists to rapidly adopt additional challenging roles. This study describes the psychological impact of
the pandemic on anaesthetists and identified and comp...
Background. University-based research capacity development (RCD) mechanisms tend to focus on staff and postgraduate students, with few structures targeted at undergraduate students. Support for undergraduate research must be tailored to the unique requirements of research at this level, while maintaining...
Background: High-risk people living with diabetes (PLWD) have increased risk for morbidity and mortality. During the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave in 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa, high-risk PLWD with COVID-19 were fast-tracked into a field hospital and managed aggressively. This study...
Background: With the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), life expectancy of HIV-infected persons had increased and the disease is now managed as a chronic one, but the quality of life (QOL) of the patients is now a concern. Social support enhances QOL of patients with chronic illnesses. ...
HIV Infections,
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Diagnosis,
Therapeutics,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
Compliance,
Stereotyping,
Social Support,
Social Integration,
Quality of Life,
Public Health,
Hospitals, Teaching,
Nigeria
Introduction: There are several risk factors being used to identify undiagnosed HIV-infected adults. As the number
of undiagnosed people gets less and less, it is important to know if existing risk factors and risk assessment tools
are valid for use.
Methods: Data from the Tanzania and Zambia Population-...
Background: Community-based inclusive development (CBID) acknowledges society’s critical role in supporting the active participation of persons with disabilities. However, research on how this approach relates to the context-sensitive socially situated barriers of disability stigma is underexplored.
Ob...
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease with various complications throughout its course. The presence of emotional burden in diabetes disease, which is referred to as diabetes-related distress (DRD) is common among such patients and may affect their response to treatment.
Objectives: To a...
