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Psychological distress and online advice-seeking in times of COVID-19: vertical and horizontal equity of an e-mental health strategy
countries. The extent to which online care can deliver services to all people (horizontal equity) according to their needs (vertical equity) is unknown. This study assessed whether online advice-seeking was ...
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, ...
Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014–2018)
people in prison before and during incarceration in seven European countries and to compare it with the prevalence in the general population. Individual data collection was carried out between 2014 and ...
Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
periods were more likely to report neurocognitive, respiratory, and anosmia/dysgeusia symptoms of PCC. CONCLUSIONS: People infected during the Alpha- and Delta-dominant periods had a higher probability of ...
Comparing frailty prevalence between countries: validation of the Global Burden of Disease study Frailty Index (GBD-FI) in the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe
Issue 11 (2023) Keywords: frailty index Global Burden of Disease Study mortality older people predictive validity prevalence Abstract: BACKGROUND: Accurate comparable prevalence proportions are required ...
Vaccine effectiveness of the second and third COVID-19 boosters in Belgium (administered during 2022 autumn campaign)
COVID-19 was rolled out to the adult population in Belgium, followed by the first booster campaign towards the end of the year. At the beginning of 2022, booster doses were recommended and offered to people ...
The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021
139,281 [136,704 - 142,306]. The observed COVID-19 burden was largely borne by the elderly, and over 90% of the burden was attributable to premature mortality (i.e., YLL s). In younger people, morbidity ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
days of post-acute consequences of COVID-19. Post-acute consequences contributed to 49% of the total morbidity burden. The contribution of YLD due to acute symptomatic infections among people younger ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
lifestyle and environment. In the first scenario, the BMI distribution among people with overweight was shifted to the BMI distribution of people with “normal” BMI. In the second scenario, the BMI of people ...
Metabolic syndrome in people living with type 1 diabetes in Belgium
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Astrid Lavens; P. Oriot; JC Philips; A. Verhaegen; C. De Block; F. Nobels; C. Mathieu Source: EASD, Sciensano, Hamburg, Germany (2023) Health Topics: Diabetes Diabète Diabetes Quali ...