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Health care of the elderly at Tygerberg Geriatric Clinic and Goodwood Aftercare Hospital
(HMPG, 1980-03)
Comprehensive geriatric care should receive nation-wide attention in order to realize its objectives. An analysis of patient problems at the Geriatric Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital and Goodwood Aftercare Hospital is presented. ...
The risk determination of geriatric problems
(HMPG, 1982-11)
Ten geriatric problems which eventually lead to impairment, disability or handicap with progressive deterioration of bodily structure and function are discussed. At the geriatric clinic at Tygerberg Hospital, Parowvallei, ...
Oral hyperalimentation in the nutritional management of burned patients
(HMPG, 1985)
Total daily protein and energy requirements for burned adult patients were adapted from Sutherland's formulae and implemented in the Burn Unit at Tygerberg Hospital. Patients were given a high-protein ward diet and oral ...
Trends in adolescent pregnancies at Tygerberg Hospital, 1976-1980
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1984)
This study was undertaken to highlight trends relating to pregnancies among females aged less than 21 years seen at Tygerberg Hospital, Parowvallei, CP, during the 5-year period 1976-1980 inclusive. There was a fairly ...
Die invloed van die rookgewoonte op die simptome van die diffuse obstruktiewe pulmonale sindroom
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1981)
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 ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part III. Randomised controlled trials (for interventions)
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1987)
Once the magnitude and distribution of a health problem
and its possible determinants have been established, anempts
to prevent, treat, or control the problem by intervening on one
or more of the determinants should be made.
Epidemiological research methods. Part II. Descriptive studies
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1986)
In a descriptive study, therefore, the magnitude and distribution of a health problem in a specified population is studied in terms of TIME (when did it occur?), PLACE (where did it occur?) and PERSON (which groups are ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part IV. Case-control studies
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1987-06)
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), although regarded as
the best method for assessing the efficacy of an intervention, have several shoncomings and may be impossible to conduct,
for example in the case of harmful risk ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part I. Why epidemiology?
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1986)
In the first article in a series on epidemiological research
methods, we describe the origins and uses of epidemiology and
introduce the different types of epidemiological study design.
Epidemiological research methods. Part VII. Epidemiological research in health planning
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1987)
The goal of epidemiology is to improve the health status of
human populations. In our series thus far we have srressed
the need to use the correct design for epidemiological studies,
a sampling scheme that yields ...