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Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
complete clinical picture of the condition. The disease models instead help in understanding how the number of cases for each health state is calculated. Models typically start with one “parent node”, which ...
The burden of psoriasis in Belgium, 2021
Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, Lisbon, Portugal (2024) Keywords: burden of disease psoriasis Abstract: Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory skin disease with a great impact ...
Burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Belgium, 2020
disorders resulting from non-infectious inflammation of the colon and gastrointestinal tract. With its global prevalence on the rise, IBD poses significant challenges to healthcare systems. There is a need ...
Anxiety and depression in people with post-COVID condition: a Belgian population-based cohort study three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
and PCC on anxiety and depression. METHODS: This is a prospective longitudinal cohort study among the Belgian adult population with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection for which contact tracing was initiated. ...
The Spider: a visual, multisystemic symptom impact questionnaire for people with hypermobility-related disorders-validation in adults.
multidisciplinary management. Key Points • The Spider questionnaire is a novel tool assessing the presence and impact of the multisystemic comorbid symptoms/conditions associated with HSD /hEDS. • Convergent and ...
Social integration of people with non-psychotic mental illness over the last 2 decades: the widening gap in the adult population in Belgium
social integration Abstract: Purpose: Social integration is poor among people with mental illness (MI). In recent decades, many countries have developed policies to address this issue. It remains unclear, ...
Psychosocial factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with chronic disease: Results of a cross-sectional survey
OBJECTIVE: The impact of various psychosocial factors (sense of coherence, illness perception, patient enablement, self-efficacy, health literacy, personality) is not fully understood across a wide range of ...
The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018
disorders is crucial to mitigate both the health and economic burden. Health Topics: Burden of disease Fardeau de la maladie Ziektelast Chronic disease Maladie chronique Chronische ziekte Service: ...
Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
BACKGROUND: In many countries, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors is commonly assessed through self-reported information from health interview surveys. It has been shown, however, that ...
Burden of disease among older adults in Europe-trends in mortality and disability, 1990-2019
Disability-Adjusted Life Years Disabled Persons Europe Global Burden of Disease Global Health Humans Life expectancy mortality Quality-Adjusted Life Years Abstract: BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the effects ...