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. ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...