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Antibiotic consumption patterns in older adults: a comparative study of people 65 years and older in and outside nursing homes, Belgium, 2016 to 2022.
higher in NH residents. Proxy prescription quality metrics were consistently less favourable within NH s and diverged further during the COVID-19 pandemic. Distinct consumption patterns and greater ...
Lifestyle predictors of colorectal cancer in European populations: a systematic review
smoking (each present in 13 models), followed by alcohol (11), and physical activity (7), while diet-related factors were less considered with the most commonly present meat (9), vegetables (5) or dairy ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
Conclusion: The 2022 PPS reveals an increased AU prevalence (+1.2%) in Belgian acute care hospitals, especially in patients over 65 years of age (+1.5%). This increase was less pronounced in younger patients ...
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Belgium
indicators. Indeed, it was seen at the individual level that persons with lower household incomes, a migration background, and/or belonging to a household with only one adult were less likely to be vaccinated, ...
Using priorities between human and livestock bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to identify data gaps in livestock AMR surveillance
many countries but, less than 10% of these reported livestock AMR data. Resistance data for Escherichia coli specific to cattle, chickens, and pigs, which we prioritized, were also well collected. AMR ...
A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies
less severe health states that may be more difficult to measure but are occurring very frequently. Our proposed approach provides a means to better understand the scale of challenge from long COVID, for ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
had previous infections were significantly less likely to receive the first booster dose compared to individuals with no infection, especially when the infection occurred after completion of PC and with ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
the lowest for both boosters in the 18-24 age group (69.86% and 17.85%). Individuals who had previous infections were significantly less likely to receive the first booster dose compared to individuals ...
Do genomic passports leave us more vulnerable or less vulnerable? Perspectives from an online citizen engagement
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Chloé Mayeur; Mertes, Heidi; Wannes Van Hoof Source: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: genomic passport Abstract: Since genomics is becoming commo ...
Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study
self-uniqueness beliefs suggested that these beliefs might predict adherence to precautions against COVID-19. OBJECTIVE: We examined if comparative optimism (believing that one is less at less than others), ...