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Prevalence of multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Multimorbidity has increased globally over the past two decades, due to ageing populations and increased burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Brian van Wyk, Rifqah A Roomaney, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk   +3 more
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Type 1 diabetes [PDF]

, 2018
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by insulin deficiency and resultant hyperglycaemia. Knowledge of type 1 diabetes has rapidly increased over the past 25 years, resulting in a broad understanding about many aspects of the ...
DiMeglio, Linda A., Evans-Molina, Carmella, Oram, Richard A.   +2 more
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Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to analyse cause of death data for 1997–2012 and develop national, population group ...
Dr. Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, PhD, William Msemburi, MPhil, Ria Laubscher, BCom, Prof. Rob E Dorrington, MPhil, Pam Groenewald, MBCHB, Tracy Glass, BCom Hons, Beatrice Nojilana, MPH, Jané D Joubert, PhD, Richard Matzopoulos, PhD, Megan Prinsloo, MPH, Nadine Nannan, MSc, Nomonde Gwebushe, BSc Hons, Theo Vos, PhD, Nontuthuzelo Somdyala, MDS, Nomfuneko Sithole, MPH, Ian Neethling, MSc, Edward Nicol, PhD, Anastasia Rossouw, FC (Neurol) SA, Debbie Bradshaw, DPhil   +18 more
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Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown.
Mair, Frances S., McMillan, Sara S., Salehi, Asiyeh, Sav, Adem   +3 more
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Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death attributed to smoking in South Africa: results from the South African death certificate study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The question 'Was the deceased a smoker five years ago?' was introduced in mid-1997 on a revised South African death notification form to provide a direct estimate of tobacco attributed mortality, using a case-control method for ongoing ...
Pam Groenewald, Ria Laubscher, Victoria Pillay van Wyck, William Msemburi, Debbie Bradshaw, Freddy Sitas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Burden in Huntington’s Disease [PDF]

Brain Sciences, 2017
Huntington’s disease is a disorder that results in motor, cognitive, and psychiatric problems. The symptoms often take different forms and the presence of disturbances of the psychic sphere reduces patients’ autonomy and quality of life, also impacting patients’ social life.
R. A. Paoli, A. Botturi, A. Ciammola, V. Silani, C. Prunas, C. Lucchiari, E. Zugno, E. Caletti   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes, certain cancers and diabetes. The previous South African Comparative Risk Assessment (SACRA1) study assessed the attributable burden of low physical activity for ...
I Neethling, E V Lambert, A Cois, R A Roomaney, O F Awotiwon, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in technology, trade and consumption likely to impact on microbial food safety [PDF]

, 2010
Current and potential future trends in technology, consumption and trade of food that may impact on food-borne disease are analysed and the key driving factors identified focusing on the European Union and, to a lesser extent, accounting for the United ...
Cole, M.B., Cook, P.E., Gorris, L.G.M., Quested, T.E.   +3 more
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Physical Inactivity and Non-Communicable Disease Burden in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical inactivity, and to examine differences by country income ...
P. Katzmarzyk, C. Friedenreich, E. Shiroma, I. Lee   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disease Burden and Epidemiological Trends of Chronic Kidney Disease at the Global, Regional, National Levels from 1990 to 2019

Nephron, 2023
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious public health issue worldwide, but the disease burden of CKD caused by different etiologies and changing trends has not been fully examined.
Meike Ying, Xue Shao, Hongli Qin, Pei Yin, Yushi Lin, Jie Wu, Jingjing Ren, Yang Zheng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source