Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "prevalence"
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Bipolar disorder in the South African private health sector: Longitudinal analysis of prevalence, comorbidities and prescribing patterns
(North-West University (South-Africa).Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic affective disorder characterised by mood changes, fluctuating between depressive symptoms and manic symptoms. It is one of the psychiatric illnesses that have contributed to the chronic ... -
Burden of rheumatoid arthritis in the private health sector : medicine cost and comorbidities
(North-West University, 2018)The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and associated comorbidities, as well as to investigate antirheumatic prescribing patterns, direct medicine treatment cost and the impact ... -
Factors leading to uncontrolled blood pressure in patients taking antihypertensive medication in Mafeteng, Lesotho
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)In 2015, the World Health Orhanisation (WHO) stated that 1.13 billion people worldwide suffer from hypertension, with the African region having the highest prevalence of approximately 46.0%, and the American region the ...