Publications by authors named "D van Staden"

Background: Critical care units require an interprofessional management approach to optimise patients' health. Clinical education and training delivered in remote healthcare settings are vital for fostering interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among health science students for future team functioning.

Objectives: Our study explored the IPC among clinicians in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting at two South African decentralised clinical training facilities to understand the existing collaborative practices that students are exposed to during their clinical training.

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The prevalence of female reproductive system disorders is increasing, especially among women of reproductive age, significantly impacting their quality of life and overall health. Managing these diseases effectively is challenging due to the complex nature of the female reproductive system, characterized by dynamic physiological environments and intricate anatomical structures. Innovative drug delivery approaches are necessary to facilitate the precise regulation and manipulation of biological tissues.

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  • Low vision is a major global health issue that affects individuals' personal, economic, psychological, and social well-being, leading to significant risks of falls, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
  • The review analyzed data from 35 studies with over 175,000 participants, finding an overall global prevalence of falls among those with low vision to be 17.7%, with variations across regions, peaking at 35.5% in Australia.
  • The study highlights that fear of falling and the severity of visual impairment notably increase the likelihood of falls, stressing the need for effective strategies from various stakeholders to tackle this problem.
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Background:  There is a high prevalence of vision impairment and blindness in Africa. The poor access to eye health services, among other barriers, has been found to have a considerable effect on the burden of avoidable vision loss and blindness, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Aim:  To determine the accessibility of and barriers to the utilisation of eye health services in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana.

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Low vision is an uncorrectable form of visual impairment that affect millions of people worldwide. Low vision care and rehabilitation are essential to improving the independence of affected individuals. Even though sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest burdens of low vision globally, there are inadequate care and rehabilitation services in most countries and in some cases they are non-existent This scoping review aimed to identify the barriers and enablers to low vision care and rehabilitation in sub-Saharan Africa and assess these within the global context.

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