Browsing by Author "Wicht, C. L."

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    Future geriatric needs in South Africa : hospital and teaching aspects
    (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1977) Wicht, C. L.
    Noteworthy factors in geriatric care, derived from experience in a geriatric clinic, are that symptoms are often wrongly attributed to the ageing process; the aged are often overtreated and subjected to unnecessary diagnostic procedures; and functional abilities of the elderly and social factors are important in planning comprehensive care for the aged. To render total care the services of a visiting sister attached to the clinic are an absolute necessity. The elderly are often prematurely discharged from hospital. The combination of multiple pathology, functional derangement and social factors necessitates a period of aftercare which entails physiotherapy, occupational therapy and the services of a social worker. Medical students, nurses, students in social work, psysiotherapists, and occupational therapists should be enlightened on gerontology and geriatrics during their undergraduate years.
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    Die invloed van die rookgewoonte op die simptome van die diffuse obstruktiewe pulmonale sindroom
    (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1981) Wicht, C. L.; Kotze, T. J. van W.
    In a randomized sample of the Bellville population a high prevalence rate for smoking was found in men (71%) and women (38%). Of the smokers, 73% of men and 42% of women started smoking before the age of 21 years. On the whole men were heavier smokers than women. An inverse relationship between social class and smoking was partly shown. A distinct relationship between smoking in men and symptoms of cough, production of sputum and grad 2 dyspnoea was also shown. In women there was a relation to the symptoms of morning cough and sputum production but, in contrast to men, not to the symptoms of chronic cough and sputum production relating to chronic bronchitis. It appears that men are more susceptible to chronic bronchitis than women. A total of 32% men and 30% women had stopped smoking. Various reasons were given for discontinuing or decreasing smoking, a personal decision being of more importance than a doctor's recommendation.