Introduction: Obesity is a physical condition resulting from excessive fat storage in
the body. Globally at least 2.8 million people die due to being overweight and obesity.
Changes in life habits and patterns, such as ...
Academic nursing programme during the COVID-19 pandemic has been affected, as
students had to be withdrawn from clinical experiential learning. This led to learner
nurses having challenges in completing their clinical ...
Background: Military jobs have in general put different and higher demands on the individual compared to most civilian jobs. Therefore, the nation’s armed forces depend on men and women who are fit, healthy, and able to ...
Background
Resuscitation of patients in an emergency unit has been one of the greatest
challenges for nurses. Many deaths in hospitals happen within 24 hours of
admission. Some of these deaths could be prohibited if the ...
Background: Providing quality neonatal care is one of the most challenging health
care services globally. Ensuring quality care during pregnancy and delivery is
paramount to improving health outcomes and reducing mortality ...
Topic : Factors contributing to missed clinic appointments by people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy at a health centre in Capricon District Limpopo Province, South Africa. Background: The approach of the ...
Background: Gestational Hypertension and Pre-Eclampsia are the most prevalent conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa leading to undesirable perinatal and maternal outcomes. In South Africa, a high rate of maternal death was noted ...
Introduction: Good nursing practice involves detailed documentation, which should be timely, appropriate, comprehensive, and accurate. Therefore, documents contain the who, why, how, where, what, and when of patient care. ...
Background
Among the most prevalent malignancies associated with AIDS, Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is one of them. In the developing countries, it is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, resulting in 2500 deaths per ...
Introduction
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in females particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the fourth most frequently diagnosed malignancy globally. In 2020 cervical cancer was responsible for ...
Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are faced with several challenges when rendering services in hospitals. These challenges usually lead them to render low quality healthcare service to patients. Meanwhile, efforts to ...
Introduction. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare episodic and prophylactic treatment regimens with factor VIII in paediatric patients living with severe haemophilia A at Pietersburg Hospital in Limpopo ...
Background: Substance use among mentally ill patients remains a major public health
concern worldwide. In recent years there has been growing awareness that patients
with mental illness have a higher risk of developing ...
Background: the purpose of this study was to explore the caregiver’s perceptions
towards disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus positive status to children living
with HIV at Mohodi community in the Limpopo province. ...
Background: Midwifery practices have grown in complexity characterized by overload of operational pressure and the need for cost-effective and continuous accessible healthcare services where midwives are expected to adapt ...
Introduction and background: Birth asphyxia is a severe medical problem worldwide, especially in developing countries, and the main contributor to neonatal mortality and morbidity. Birth asphyxia is an oxygen deficit at ...
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a public health concern epidemiolocally and
economically. The rates of readmission in diabetic patients are reported to be high
as compared to non-diabetic patients. With many factors ...
Objectives:
To determine the prevalence of preterm deliveries amongst HIV-positive women, to
describe the demographic characteristics of HIV-positive women delivering preterm
babies and to determine the possible risk ...
BACKGROUND: Breast lesions in women can be caused by any disease process or physical injury occurring at any age. The lesions may be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) with the cancerous lesions having a more ...
Background: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has invaded health systems
throughout the world. The study findings present many difficulties for healthcare
practitioners. This study summarizes the studies that ...