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The effects of 2,4-D iso-octyl ester/ioxynil herbicide in the liquid and vapour phases on the growth of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R.J. Bennet --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South AfricaControlled-environment studies confirmed that tomato plants subjected to a range of treatments involving the herbicide 2,4-D iso-octyl ester/ioxynil applied in the vapour and liquid phases develop symptoms of phytotoxicity in proportion to the severity of the treatment. Plants which received... -
Phytotoxicity of pre-emergence herbicides to peach seedlings (Prunus persica)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.F. Lourens --- , Republic of South Africa A.H. Lange --- Extension Weed Scientist, United States of America F.J. Calitz --- , Republic of South AfricaPre-emergence herbicides were tested for relative phytotoxicity to Nemaguard peach seedlings (Prunus persica) in a sand culture. Typical symptoms, phytotoxicity ratings, growth and regrowth parameters were recorded. Diuron, the mixture diuron plus terbacil (1:1), terbutryne and norflurazon were rated phytotoxic... -
A Review of Mood and Anxiety Disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Treatment Outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nafisa Cassimjee --- University of Pretoria,Alzheimer's disease was identified almost 100 years ago and cognitive morbidity (deterioration in memory, attention, language, and executive functioning) was regarded as a sufficient index for the description and diagnosis of this disease. Within the cognitive discourse, the importance of... -
Rape and Trauma: A Case Study of a Journey of Recovery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa,This case study presents the results of a counselling intervention with a rape survivor. The woman was twenty-nine years old at the time of the violation. The objective of this study was to explore the dynamics which the woman engaged... -
Awareness of HIV/AIDS and its oral manifestations among people living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Febronia Kahabuka Flora Fabian Poul Erick Petersen Hubert NguvumaliThe aim of this study was to investigate the awareness of the oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and general issues about HIV and AIDS among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A structured questionnaire was used to... -
Socio-demographic and clinical features of HIV-positive outpatients at a clinic in south-west Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: FrankI Ojini Adenike CokerDespite the increasing prevalence of HIV in Nigeria, there is scarce knowledge about the spectrum of HIV-related diseases in the country. This paper documents the profile of outpatients seen at the HIV clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),... -
Neurological manifestations of HIV infection in Nigerians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ibrahim ImamNervous system complications commonly accompany HIV infection and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. HIV incidence has been progressively increasing in Nigeria, yet the neurological manifestations of the disease have not been systematically studied in Nigerians. This study aimed... -
Depression underdiagnosis and the effects on quality of life in outpatients with HIV at a Nigerian university teaching hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Victor Obiajulu Olisah --- Department of Psychiatry, Nigeria Olusegun Baiyewu --- Department of Psychiatry, Nigeria Taiwo Lateef Sheikh --- Department of Psychiatry, NigeriaThe study aimed to determine the frequency of depressive disorder in a sample of patients with HIV and its level of underdiagnosis by attending physicians. The study also explored the effect of depressive disorder on the quality of life (QOL)... -
Support groups for HIV-positive people in South Africa: Who joins, who does not, and why?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wenche Dageid --- Department of Psychology, NorwayPsychosocial health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is inadequate. Support groups for PLWHA could offer arenas where psychosocial issues are addressed, yet more knowledge is needed about those who join and those who do not join such groups... -
Health-related quality of life in a sample of HIV-infected South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Karl Peltzer Nancy Phaswana-MafuyaThe study aims to assess the health-related quality of life and HIV symptoms of a sample of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in South Africa. The sample included 607 PLHIV from all districts of the Eastern Cape Province, recruited either... -
Hormone Therapy: a practical guide to risk assessment for short-term symptomatic treatment of menopausal symptoms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EJC Hugo --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, TI Siebert --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, TF Kruger --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,As part of its colourful history, the menopause was described in 1887 as “the inability of the ovaries to retire in graceful old age…transmitting their irritation to the brain… and leading to extreme nervousness or an outburst of actual insanity.1”... -
Relevance of Schneider's first-rank symptoms in Zulu patients with paranoid schizophrenia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Schiopu --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, LA Hiemstra --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, B Latecki --- ,Background: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of Schneider's first-rank symptoms (FRS) in Zulu patients diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and to ascertain the diagnostic and prognostic significance of Schneider's FRS in this group. -
Somatic delusions and obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AC Lawrence --- Department of Psychiatry, ST Rataemane --- Department of Psychiatry,This review is based on a case study of a clinical presentation of schizophrenia with somatic and olfactory delusions and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS). The patient was seen at the surgical out-patient department of the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Ga-Rankuwa,... -
Dealing with schizophrenia in general practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Khamker --- Weskoppies Hospital,Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness of unknown aetiology, and impairs cognition and social and occupational functioning. It is challenging in terms of the disability it causes, the unclear nature of what causes it, the complexity of diagnosis and treatment limitations... -
Chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Revelas --- Pathology Department, E Baltaretsou --- Cardiology Department, GreeceChronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) refers to marked and prolonged fatigue, for which no indentifiable cause can be found. Despite the presence of extensive symptoms, diagnosis is made when there is profound fatigue, lasting for a duration of six months, or... -
Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Bock-Omma --- Department of Family Medicine and General Practice, Shawsand Medical Centre, Nigeria PO Dienye --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria IS Oghu --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaObjectives: The study objectives were to determine the pattern of presentation of Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the respondents, the prevalence of LUTS suggestive of BPH, and respondents' quality of life. -
Health-related factors associated with intimate partner violence in women attending a primary care clinic in south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Silva --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria A Irabor --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria OO Olowookere --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria E Owoaje --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Nigeria LA Adebusoye --- Family Medicine Department, NigeriaBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) relates to poor physical and mental health in women. Women who have experienced it access healthcare facilities more frequently with symptoms that are often unrelated to violence. The objective of the study was to determine... -
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in males: a review of pathophysiology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Suhani Maharajh --- Department of Urology, South Africa Ehab H Abdel Goad --- Department of Urology, South Africa Serela S Ramklass --- School of Medicine, South Africa Marius C Conradie --- Netcare Waterfall City Hospital, South AfricaLower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) refer to the symptom complex that is the common pathway for diseases affecting the lower urinary tract. It manifests as either irritative or obstructive symptoms. LUTS have long been recognised as a significant cause of... -
Anxiety and depression symptoms following smoking cessation and/or brief alcohol treatment among moderate risk smokers and drinkers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, ThailandThe goal of this study was to examine the change in anxiety and depression symptoms following a smoking cessation and brief alcohol intervention. Participants were 620 hospital out-patients (males = 97.7%; 33.6 years of age, SD = 11.6), in Nakhon... -
Silodosin — a safer alpha-blocker targeting benign prostatic hyperplasia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Karen Koch --- Private practice GP and freelance medical writer, South AfricaSilodosin is a specific alpha-1A receptor inhibitor newly available in South Africa. It offers a real solution to symptoms of BPH especially in those patients with moderate prostate enlargement experiencing nocturia, frequency and incomplete voiding. -
Outcome of cholera admissions in Bauchi, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Philip Kolo --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Yusaf Jibrin --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Emmanuel Sanya --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Muhammad Alkali --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Alakija Salami --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Ayodele Omotoso --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Abdulrahman Tahir --- Department of Medicine, NigeriaIn 2007, the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa officially noted the resurgence of cholera in the Africa subregion, and called for strengthening of policies on water supply and sanitation. We study the mortality profile of patients admitted for... -
Pathological vestibular symptoms presenting in a group of adults with HIV/AIDS in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South Africa Kayla Jade Van Rie --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South AfricaAim: The current study aimed to explore the pathological vestibular symptoms presenting in a group of adults with HIV/AIDS in Johannesburg, South Africa. -
Depression symptoms: Their association with socio-demographic factors and health among adults in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- Department of Research and Innovation, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to assess depression symptoms and socio-demographic and health correlates in a recent (2014-2015) national population-based survey of South Africa adults (n = 22 752; females =57.5%; mean age 37.1 years, SD = 17.6). The... -
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the setting of HIV hyperendemicity at a tertiary hospital in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: S Gounden --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa R Perumal --- Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, South Africa NP Magula --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaBackground: South Africa has the highest burden of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) co-infection in the world, with the province of KwaZulu-Natal representing the global epicentre of TB/HIV. While significant progress has been made to improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis,... -
Health-related subjective well-being with emetophobia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anuscha Liebenberg --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Monika dos Santos --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored subjective well-being among white females with emetophobia disorder (n = 20, married = 50%, age range 20–25). The participants completed self-report measures of gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as the Gastrointestinal Symptom Severity Index and Gastrointestinal Symptoms-Related Subjective... -
Post-traumatic stress disorder and health risk behaviour among persons 15 years and older in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Supa Pengpid --- Department of Research Innovation and Development, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and health risk behaviours among persons 15 years and older in South Africa. We analysed data from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination... -
High-functioning depression among women in South Africa: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kinyanjui Mungai --- Economics Department, South Africa Amiena Bayat --- Economics Department, South AfricaThe study estimated the prevalence and trends of chronic depressive symptoms among women in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) data collection waves (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014/2015). NIDS utilised the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale... -
Prevalence and social and health correlates of insomnia symptoms among middle-and older-age persons in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- Department of Research & Innovation, South AfricaThis study investigated the prevalence and social and health correlates of insomnia symptoms among middle-and older-adults in rural South Africa. We analysed baseline survey data from the Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH community in... -
Maternal HIV status disclosure to young uninfected children: psychological variables of the mother
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Maretha Visser --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Amukelani Jennifer Hlungwani --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaMothers living with HIV are faced with the dilemma of when and how to disclose their HIV-positive status to their young uninfected children. In this study, a South African sample of mothers living with HIV, with young uninfected children (6–10... -
Pre-displacement stressors, psychological morbidity, and PTSD symptoms among displaced women by Boko-Haram in North-East Nigeria: The buffering roles of psychological capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Erhabor S. Idemudia --- , South Africa Babatola D. Olawa --- , South Africa Gail E. Wyatt --- , USA Norweeta Milburn --- , USAWe utilised a cross-sectional survey design to examine the moderating roles of dimensional psychological capital (PsyCap) and pre-displacement stressors on the relationship between psychological morbidity and severity of PTSD symptoms among internally displaced (IDP) women from terrorist activity. Participants were... -
Anxiety and depression among Egyptians during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eman D. El Desouky --- , Egypt Walaa Fakher --- , Egypt Ahmed Sallam AbdelHakim El Hawary --- , Egypt Marwa Rashad Salem --- , EgyptWe conducted a cross-sectional study among 1 040 Egyptian adults (female = 56.0%; mean age = 28.8 years, SD = 7.7 years, age range 21–70 years) to assess their anxiety and depressive symptoms two weeks after the partial lockdown due... -
Daily hassles and depressive symptoms among COVID-19 home quarantined Chinese university students: The moderating effects of negative cognitive styles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Junyi Wang --- , China Yinglu Zhou --- , USA Jinhong Ding --- , China Jing Xiao --- , ChinaThe current study examined the potential moderating effects of negative cognitive styles on the relationship between daily hassles and depressive symptoms among COVID-19 home quarantined university students. A total of 686 university students ranging in age from 16 to 23... -
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides s.l. causes an outbreak of anthracnose of cacao in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: EK Asare --- , Ghana O Domfeh --- , Ghana SW Avicor --- , Ghana P Pobee --- , Ghana Y Bukari --- , Ghana I Amoako-Attah --- , GhanaOutbreak of anthracnose of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), covering an estimated total growing area of 248.47 hectares, occurred in parts of Ghana from July to October 2019. Disease samples were collected from the outbreak areas to isolate and identify the... -
Psychosocial well-being of child orphans: The influence of current living place
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Beneyam Lake Yimer --- , EthiopiaWhen children lose one or both their parents/care givers, they may present with profound and lifelong psychosocial well-being problems. This study aimed to examine the association between current living place and the psychosocial well-being of child orphans. A proportional stratified... -
HIV-related symptoms and management in HIV and antiretroviral therapy patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaAim: The study aimed to determine the prevalence, predictors, and self-reported management of HIV- or ARV-related symptoms among HIV patients prior to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and over three time points while receiving ART in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Method: A total... -
Prevalence of prenatal depression and associated factors among HIV-positive women in primary care in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , , South Africa Violeta J. Rodriguez --- , , USA Deborah Jones --- , , USAThis study aimed to assess the prevalence of depressed symptoms and associated factors in prenatal HIV-positive women in primary care facilities in rural South Africa. In a cross-sectional study, 663 HIV-positive prenatal women in 12 community health centres in Mpumalanga... -
Vitamin D status of the elderly in the Vaal region, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- Texas Tech University, USA Christa Grobler --- Vaal University of Technology, South AfricaVitamin D status was determined in a sample of 79 elderly people and the results showed that 38% of the elderly had inadequate vitamin D status that was accompanied by various symptoms associated with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency. -
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide/self-injury in adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Merrian Brooks --- , USA Barbara Burmen --- , Botswana Anthony Olashore --- University of Botswana, Botswana Alemayehu Mekonnen Gezmu --- University of Botswana, Botswana Keneilwe Molebatsi --- University of Botswana, Botswana Ontibile Tshume --- , Botswana Onkemetse Phoi --- , Botswana Knashawn Morales --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA Mogomotsi Matshaba --- University of Botswana, Botswana Tami Benton --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Elizabeth D Lowenthal --- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USAGlobally, mental health problems have been reported to be more common in youth living with HIV (YLWH) than in the general population, but routine mental health screening is rarely done in high-volume HIV clinics. In 2019, YLWH in a large... -
Is psychological resilience associated with changes in youth sport participants’ health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Carolyn T Graham --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Heather A Shepherd --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Olivia Galea --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Daniel C Kopala-Sibley --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada Carolyn A Emery --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Keith Owen Yeates --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, CanadaObjectives: This study investigated the quality of life of youth sport participants over the COVID-19 pandemic as moderated by psychological resilience. -
Does self-compassion protect adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury from developing borderline features? A two-wave longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Diogo Carreiras --- University Coimbra, Portugal Paula Castilho --- University Coimbra, Portugal Marina Cunha --- University Coimbra, PortugalBackground: Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for the onset of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and borderline features, which are related psychological phenomena. Self-compassion reflects a sensitivity to own suffering and a motivation to relieve it, consisting of a more positive... -
Examining the relationship between social withdrawal motivations and symptoms of hikikomori
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Simone Amendola --- Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Rita Cerutti --- Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyObjective: This study aimed to examine the association between social withdrawal motivations (peer isolation, shyness, unsociability, low mood, and avoidance) and symptoms of hikikomori using both variable- and person-oriented analyses.
