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The relationship between physical activity and markers of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents : the PAHL-study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Low levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with a dramatic rise in obesity. The increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity is in parallel with an increase in metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence. Numerous ...
Malaria prevalence, management trends and the knock down resistance profile of Anopheles gambiae in Mbakong, Cameroon
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Malaria remains a scourge in the world. Recent efforts to combat malaria combine chemotherapy and vector control. Cameroon in 2004 adopted WHO 2001 recommendations and changed her malaria treatment guidelines from monotherapy ...
Medicine cost of chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the South African private health sector
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
The general research objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and direct medicine cost of the 27 chronic disease list conditions in a section of the private health sector in South Africa from 2008 until ...
Prevalence of carbapenem resistance in adult patients admitted to a private hospital in Daspoort, Tshwane
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of organisms that are resistant to the carbapenem class, in patients admitted to a private hospital. A quantitative descriptive (non-experimental) cross-sectional ...
Influence of blood culture results on antimicrobial prescribing in a private hospital in North West, South Africa
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)
Blood culture laboratory testing and the results thereof can be seen as a cornerstone for optimised antimicrobial treatment and has the power to influence and change how effectively patients are treated with antibiotics, ...