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Informal caregiving and mental health: results from the Belgian health interview survey 2013 and 2018
health, considering potential moderators like education, age, and gender. Methods Using population-based data from the 2013 and 2018 waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey (N = 14,661), we conducted ...
Health information system assessments: Opportunities for international collaboration
European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) and the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), the EU aims to strengthen its continental database for evidence-informed public health policy and research. BRIDGE ...
Trauma Exposure, Social Support and Mental Health in the General Population in Belgium
population of Belgium. Methods: Secondary cross-sectional data on the general adult population were retrieved from the Belgian Health Interview Survey. Using a representative sample, data were collected on ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
status (SES). Methods Data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS), a representative cross-sectional household survey conducted in 1997, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018, was used. Study participants ...
Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).
semistructured interviews conducted with a subsample of these cases. RESULTS: Sexualised environments, including large festivals and cruising venues for gay men, were the suspected exposure setting for the ...
Time trends in the use of field-substitution in the Belgian health interview survey
80, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: Data-collection Field-substitution health surveys Abstract: BACKGROUND: Matched field-substitution has been applied in the Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) since the ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
BACKGROUND: The local Health Interview Study (LHIS) was developed to gain health information at the level of the municipality in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It enables municipalities to make ...
Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines
s prescribed antibiotics to asymptomatic patients. Compliance and knowledge regarding the national guideline should be investigated further by conducting semi-structured interviews and running ...
QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey
Methods. The Belgian Health Interview Survey 2013 and 2018 provided data on self-reported chronic conditions for a nationally representative sample. The annual QALY loss per 100,000 individuals was ...
Validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollutants in Belgium
Van der Heyden; Delphine De Smedt; Eva M De Clercq Source: Environmental Research, Volume 210 (2022) Keywords: air pollution Environmental annoyance exposure assessment health interview survey Abstract: ...