Masters Degrees (Centre for Rehabilitation Studies)

Exploring barriers and facilitators to return to work for clients with spinal cord injuries, in Cape Town, South Africa

Ngemntu, Sharon Nokuzola (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Spinal cord injury is a catastrophic event, characterised with loss of function below the level of the lesion and increased dependence on family and societal support. The researcher has been ...

Access to primary care for persons with spinal cord injuries in the greater Gaborone, Botswana

Paulus-Mokgachane, Thato Michael Moutie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: People with SCI often have great need for health care services, but they report access challenges. Primary care access to people with SCI has not been explored in Botswana. Aim: This study ...

Prosthetic use by persons with unilateral above knee amputation in the Western Cape

Pienaar, Elzbeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Walking with an above knee prosthesis places high physical demands on a person. People with an above knee amputation tend to use their prosthesis less frequently compared to people with a below ...

Return to work after stroke; rate, facilitators and barriers in Buffalo City, South Africa

Patterson, Stacey Louise (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Stroke is an alarming medical and public health problem globally. Effects of stroke are strongly linked to an increase in burden of care and loss in productivity. Literature shows that a large ...

Quality of life of persons with complete traumatic spinal cord injuries in Gaborone and surrounding areas: a qualitative enquiry

Kwadiba, Beauty (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: for persons surviving traumatic spinal cord injury, community reintegration is a multi-faceted challenge. While researchers here and there have explored the daily struggles and the lived ...

Suitability of ‘Guidelines for screening of prosthetic candidates: lower limb’ for Eastern Cape

Mduzana, Luphiwo Lakhanya (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Major lower limb amputation has a severe impact on functional mobility. While mobility can be salvaged with a prosthesis, it is not always the most optimal choice. It is often difficult to ...

Home-and community-based care services: identifying consumers and needs in a rural Western Cape Province setting

Mackenzie, Valenzia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Person-centredness is an aim of the Home- and Community-Based Care service, where users’ needs always take priority. Identifying users and their needs is vital to quality services. Objectives: ...

Participatory outcomes, quality of life and barriers faced by stroke survivors in the rural Eastern Free State

Cook, Petri Johan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: It is widely recognised that rehabilitation forms an integral part of the process to enable stroke survivors to achieve functional independence, community integration and quality of life. ...

Do clients with spinal cord injuries know what they need to know about pressure ulcers? A descriptive study on the knowledge, beliefs and practices about pressure ulcers

Visser, Adri Marica (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Pressure ulcers are a serious, but preventable, secondary complication of spinal cord injury (SCI). Pressure ulcers limit community integration, and are potentially life-threatening. They also ...

A study to investigate the functional rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing physical rehabilitation at Gugulethu Community Health Centre

Pegram, Elizabeth Anne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There has been a significant shift in the focus of evidence-based health care internationally and within government in South Africa, specifically the Western Cape (The Lancet, 2009:1793; Cieza, et al. ...

An exploration of work-related stress and support structures experienced by occupational therapists working at a physical rehabilitation unit

Clarke, Jennifer (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Work-related stress is experienced in most working environments but can be particularly high in health-care environments. Support structures can help to alleviate the burden of work-related ...

Levels of community integration achieved by adults with disabilities post discharge from a specialised in-patient rehabilitation unit in the Western Cape

Gretschel, Dietlind (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Community integration is one of the most important outcomes of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation services should strive to optimise community integration of persons with disabilities through ...

Exploring CBR workers’ perceptions of their role in wheelchair provision in three areas of Uganda

Seymour, Nikola (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Background: Wheelchair provision and use in less resourced settings face significant challenges. Global efforts to affect change include the WHO Guidelines on provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced ...

Factors facilitating completion of mainstream education in an ordinary school : reflections of young adults with cerebral palsy

Luger, Rosemary Jean (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Inclusive education is supported internationally and nationally, but most children with physical disabilities are still excluded from ordinary schools in South Africa. The purpose of this paper is to add ...

A description of recorded HIV status in persons with disabilities at Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre

Nash, Megan Renee (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is only recently that research on HIV and persons with disabilities has started to emerge. There still remains, however, a lack of research on the prevalence of HIV infection in persons with disabilities. ...

Evaluation of the functional rehabilitation outcomes of clients after receiving physical rehabilitation at TC Newman community day centre

Felix, Rochelle Karen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Rehabilitation is an important tool in helping persons with disabilities to recover and attain functional independence as far as possible in achieving a good quality of life. However, ...

A sequential methods study describing the perceptions of environmental barriers and the employment of persons with disabilities on a private healthcare company

Strydom, Nina (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Persons with disabilities face many barriers in the workplace due to their disabilities as well as because of the impact of their environment. The purpose of the study was to identify the environmental ...