Exploring the status of non-communicable disease care during the COVID-19 pandemic in 13 countries
South Africa
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Exploringthestatusofnon-communicablediseasecare
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Nasheeta Peer, Tshephang Mashiane, Michel Oris, Kibachio Joseph Mwangi, Sugitha Sureshkumar, Andre-Pascal Kengne
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Jan 12, 2024
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Jan 12, 2024
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V13 (V13)
Data file: GroupC
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Valid:
26
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1(b) | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Continue to see acute/unstable/urgent haematology and oncology patients without delay while protecting staff and patients by attempting to decrease exposure and crowding. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Emergency services: casualty and emergency theater. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Essential services included the healthcare workers,food manufacturers,policemen,fire fighters,soldiers. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| I am not in the state sector, but it was very difficult for routine services to continue although there were attempts at zoom/telemedicine. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| I don’t know. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Inpatient care, emergency outpatient reviews and emergency surgery continued. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Medical services (hospitals, clinics,private practices), convenience stores,transport indutsry (mainly taxi and bus services). | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Most hospitals and clinics in South Africa have outpatient department which are chronic disease clinics that operate during the weekday. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| No identified priorities were communicated. COVID-19 took priority above all NCDs and even CDs. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| None | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| None I'm aware of. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Ongoing dialysis and cancer care. Continued accessibility to NCD clinics and wards. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Surgeons,physicians,nurses,physiotherapists, resources such as ventilators and ICU drugs. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| The WCDH utilised CHW to deliver NCD medication for patients attending chronic club at community health centres (for DM,dyslipidemia,HTN etc., not sure about other NCDs like cancer. NCD care really suffered as a result of the COVID pandemic in my opinion. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| The government initiated a lock down. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| The hospitals were still open and accessible for people with NCD. | 2 |
7.7%
|
|
| To ensure that there was progress in terms of managing patient conditions in relation to the holistic advice given, such as checking anthropometric measurements, blood tests and dietary advice. | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Unsure | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| Unsure,many diabetic patients did not have their regular checkups | 1 |
3.8%
|
|
| no_data | 5 |
19.2%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.