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Champion N. Nyoni,Marianne Reid

AbstractBackground: This study researched the perceptions of patients diagnosed with diabetes concerning diabetes-related health communication strategies in the Free State province in South Africa. The prolongation and quality of life of patients dia... see more

Charles Maibvise,Thandisizwe R. Mavundla

AbstractBackground: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remain the leading global burden of disease, especially in Southern Africa. As such, efforts to develop innovative preventive and curative measures c... see more

Hannelise Piek,Irma Venter,Fanie Rautenbach,Jeanine L. Marnewick

AbstractBackground: Rooibos types and forms and how prepared and flavoured influence the total polyphenol content and total antioxidant capacity (TAC).Aim: To denote an optimal rooibos cup as having the highest total polyphenol content and TAC, ... see more

Antoinette du Preez,A. Johan Botha,Tinda Rabie,Dudu G. Manyathi

AbstractBackground: The incidence of learner teenage pregnancies can be reduced, provided that the major stakeholders, which include the Department of Education and the Department of Health, combine to address this issue. Despite the implementation o... see more

Hester C. de Swardt

AbstractBackground: Competencies of health care workers, including nurses, often do not meet the health needs of populations. The clinical learning environment (CLE) is vital in socialising neophyte student nurses to display the desired competencies.... see more

Natalie C. Di Gaspero,Radmila Razlog,Reshma Patel,Janice Pellow

AbstractBackground: Infantile colic is a self-limiting condition, characterised by spasmodic, excessive and inconsolable crying without apparent cause. Although common, there is no widely accepted conventional treatment approach for colic. Complement... see more

Oslinah B. Tagutanazvo,Anna G.W. Nolte,Annie Temane

AbstractBackground: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes have been reported to reduce the rate of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by 30% – 40% during pregnancy and childbirth. The PMTCT transmissi... see more

Eve Jacobs,Belinda Scrooby,Antoinette du Preez

AbstractBackground: During 2010, the South African nursing education system was restructured, changing student nurses from having supernumerary status to being bursary holders. Changes with the introduction of this new bursary system included institu... see more

Yasmeen Thandar,Julia Botha,Anisa Mosam

AbstractBackground: Atopic eczema (AE) is a common skin disease with an increasing worldwide prevalence, which has almost doubled over the last decade in South Africa. Many patients commonly explore complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) for A... see more

Aspen D. Flynn,Rebekah L. Scheuerle,Geoff Galgon,Stephen E. Gerrard,Vhonani O. Netshandama

AbstractBackground: Effective infant medication administration and storage is a major public health challenge outlined by the World Health Organization. These challenges may be exacerbated in rural or limited-resource areas.Aim: The aim of this ... see more

Denis Nyirenda,Razana Williams,Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi

AbstractBackground: Guidelines for radiographers contain recommendations related to standard infection control precautions for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) which are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in hospital settings. However, t... see more

Agnes Makhene

AbstractBackground: Critical thinking is a skill that nurse practitioners are required to have. Socratic inquiry can be used to facilitate critical thinking in nursing. Nurse educators seek methods to infuse into teaching content to facilitate studen... see more

Thando P. Gwetu,Myra Taylor,Meera Chhagan,Murray Craib,Shuaib Kauchali

AbstractBackground: Anaemia is a common blood disorder in children and is known to cause complications such as lethargy and stress on bodily organs. Children from disadvantaged communities often fail to achieve their age-related potential with iron d... see more

Karien Henrico,Jeanette E. Maritz,Johan Bezuidenhout

AbstractBackground: Health professionals play a vital role in the stability and sustainability of any healthcare system. However, the well-documented long working hours, lack of wellness support structures, regular occurrence of burnout and low reten... see more

Yolanda Havenga

AbstractBackground: Child-centred research requires researchers to develop research designs that will enable children to express their views in an ethical, appropriate and child-friendly manner and generate rigorous findings. These requirements chall... see more

Claude-Hélène Mayer,Lynette Louw,Hartmut von der Ohe

AbstractBackground: Mental health and salutogenesis are important topics at universities in China and Germany where heightening stress levels in students can be observed.Aim: The aim of this article is to determine the profile of the salutogenic... see more

Martelize Gropp,Ensa Johnson,Juan Bornman,Rajinder Koul

AbstractBackground: Communication in the intensive care setting (ICS) is critical for both the patient and the medical staff to provide efficient care and thus alleviate possible patient adverse effects. Persons with complex communication needs are p... see more

Nishern Govender,Fatima Suleman

AbstractBackground: The growing drive in South Africa to contain medicine cost has seen the emergence of postal pharmacy as an alternative mechanism to dispense chronic medicines. Patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services has received limited... see more

Yvonne Munyaneza,Euphemia M. Mhlongo

AbstractBackground: Reproductive health services are essential for everyone worldwide. In South Africa, the available literature does not address reproductive health as a full package for women refugees and their experiences. This study addressed women re... see more

Ida-Keshia Sebelego,Belinda van der Merwe,Jeanette du Plessis

AbstractBackground: Optimal shoulder images must adhere to specific radiographic criteria before they are sent to the radiologist for reporting. Repeat x-rays of the shoulder may increase radiation exposure to the patient.Aim: The aims of this study were ... see more

Ida-Keshia Sebelego

AbstractBackground: Conducting research can be daunting, although applicable methods can facilitate the process. A study was performed at an imaging department pertaining to the routine shoulder projections, namely the anteroposterior (AP) external rotati... see more

Gugu Ndawo

AbstractBackground: Learners in most South African higher education institutions are taught mainly through English for most of their academic lives, yet many of them enter these institutions with poor proficiency in this language of instruction (LOI).Aims... see more

Kathryn Manning,Marjanne Senekal,Janetta Harbron

AbstractBackground: Literature and practice recommendations for lifestyle interventions to treat the increasing number of obese patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or risk factors for NCDs attending resource-constrained public healthcare facili... see more

Madelein Lang,Emmerentia du Plessis

AbstractBackground: No description of the clinical role of the advanced psychiatric nurse in the management of children with sensory processing disorder could be found for the South African context. This is a loss in clinical nursing practice with regard ... see more

Lawrence Thema,Shenuka Singh

AbstractBackground: There is limited understanding of the complexities surrounding public oral health service delivery in South Africa and the resulting impact on oral health outcomes.Aim: This study aimed to identify the strengths and challenges in oral ... see more

Cathrine Nqcobo,Tshakane Ralephenya,Yolanda Kolisa,Temitope Esan,Veerasamy Yengopal

AbstractBackground: The prevalence of dental caries and its effect on the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children with special needs (CSNs) have not been established in South Africa.Aim: The study aimed to assess how caregivers of CSNs wh... see more

Annelize Vorster,Anthonie M. Gerber,Lynette J. van der Merwe,Sanet van Zyl

AbstractBackground: Health professional students frequently use alcohol and narcotics. The potential impact on academic performance and professional behaviour is concerning.Aim: This study aimed to determine self-reported use of alcohol, illicit substance... see more

Christopher Yelverton,Sunil Rama,Bernhard Zipfel

AbstractBackground: Plantar fasciitis is one of the common causes of heel pain and a common musculoskeletal problem often observed by clinicians. Numerous options are available in treating plantar fasciitis conservatively, but no previous studies have com... see more

Anita E. Pienaar

AbstractBackground: Early childhood is characterised by an immense spurt of growing and learning where under-nutrition can have adverse effects on the neuro-developmental health and school performance of children. A full understanding of the relationship ... see more

Lynelda Pillay,Kirthee Pillay

AbstractBackground: A dietary supplement is a product that aims to add nutritional value to the diet. University students are known to make use of dietary supplements to improve their academic performance, increase energy levels and promote overall genera... see more

Belinda van der Merwe

AbstractBackground: Students enrolled for the Bachelor of Radiography degree at the Central University of Technology Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, spent many weeks off campus at hospitals during workplace learning. A design-based research appr... see more

Jennifer Watermeyer,Claire Penn,Megan Scott,Tshegofatso Seabi

AbstractBackground: South Africa faces one of the world’s worst drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemics. Implementing successful care in this context has proven challenging for a number of reasons. Communication is an essential yet neglected feature of care... see more

Zanele P. Mlaba,Waheedha Emmamally

AbstractBackground: Novice student nurses encounter challenges when making the transition to clinical learning because of the complex and unpredictable nature of clinical settings. A selected campus initiated a peer-mentoring programme based on research f... see more

Janke Wessels,Corinna M. Walsh,Mariette Nel

AbstractBackground: A high prevalence of smoking and alcohol use has been reported in patients with tuberculosis (TB) by several researchers, even though these lifestyle habits have a negative impact on prognosis and treatment.Aim: To determine the smokin... see more

Laura J. Soal,Charmaine M. Bester,Brandon S. Shaw,Chris Yelverton

AbstractBackground: Sleep ergonomics are increasingly prescribed as an adjunct treatment to chronic neck pain. Postulated benefits to maintaining the ideal sleeping posture are improved tissue repair in and around the facet joints, decrease in tension of ... see more

Promise N. Sangweni,Thandisizwe R. Mavundla,Pule S. Moabi

AbstractBackground: Before 19th century, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, male circumcision was regarded as a right to passage to manhood; however, during the ruling of King Shaka Zulu, circumcision was abolished. It was only in 2010 that it was re-introdu... see more

Andre L. Travill,Farzaanah Soeker,Dillon Overmeyer,Frederic Rickers

AbstractBackground: Previous research highlighted the importance of identifying the modifiable risk factors among shift workers in specific industries to take effective preventative and therapeutic steps to decrease the risks associated with non-communica... see more

Dorien Wentzel,Anthony Collins,Petra Brysiewicz

AbstractBackground: Caring for cancer patients can take a toll on the emotional health of oncology nurses, which may lead to compassion fatigue, resulting in decreased quality of nursing care, absenteeism and decreased retention of staff.Aim: The aim of t... see more

Sibusiso Mdletshe,Andre L. Nel,Louise Rainford,Heather A. Lawrence

AbstractBackground: Medical imaging (MI) education has experienced a shift aligned with the advances in technology and the role played by radiographers in pattern recognition. This has led to increased use of technology-enhanced teaching and simulated lea... see more

Khathatso B. Monanabela,Mea van Huyssteen,Renier Coetzee

AbstractBackground: Rational medicine use aims to optimise chronic disease management and prevent episodes of hospitalisation that economically burden the health care system. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases globally, yet mo... see more

Bonita B. Johnson,Chandra R. Makanjee,Willem A. Hoffmann

AbstractBackground: Post-qualification regulatory 12-month community service (CS) was implemented in South Africa in 1998. Since the implementation, studies have been conducted in various disciplines to measure the impact on health services and on the aff... see more

Mokholelana M. Ramukumba,Souher El Amouri

AbstractBackground: Nursing has an obligation to the public to develop measures for the quality of care to enhance patient safety and efficiency of the system. The first hospital to introduce the clinical audit of nursing documentation was in Abu Dhabi. T... see more

Salome Mashiane,Barbara van Dyk,Yasmin Casmod

AbstractBackground: Diagnostic ultrasound is generally considered as a safe test in pregnancy. To date there is no evidence that ultrasound has caused harm to the developing foetus. However, with the number of obstetric scans on the rise and the steep inc... see more

Kholofelo L. Matlhaba,Abel J. Pienaar,Leepile A. Sehularo

AbstractBackground: In South Africa, it is mandatory for nurses who have qualified as a nurse (general, psychiatric and community) and midwifery, leading to registration in Government Gazette Notice No. R425 of 22 February 1985, to perform 12 months’ comp... see more

Carin Napier,Kelly Warriner,Maureen N. Sibiya,Poovendhree Reddy

AbstractBackground: Pregnancy is a critical period during which maternal nutrient intake and nutritional status impact both the mother and the infant. Various factors including good nutrition play a role in a healthy pregnancy outcome. A healthy diet has ... see more

Smart Z. Mabweazara,L.L. Leach,Clemens Ley,Sunday O. Onagbiye,Joel A. Dave,Naomi S. Levitt,Estelle V. Lambert

AbstractBackground: Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for the health of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA).Aim: The aim of this study was to determine if age, body weight, height, gender, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), educational attainment, employmen... see more

Omari Shabani,Takalani G. Tshitangano

AbstractBackground: Male adolescent sexual and reproductive health is one of the essential healthcare programmes in the world. However, male adolescents still face numerous challenges in this area. Determinants of the utilisation of these services need to... see more

H. Marili Williams,Elizabeth C. Erlank

AbstractIt is part of South African social workers’ responsibilities to attend promptly and appropriately to victims of trauma. Overstrained and limited resources in communities influence the availability of debriefing services to traumatised community me... see more