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The data layer: the importance of sources critical appraisal
hinge on several key questions: Is the database exhaustive or merely a sample? Does the case definition rely on direct medical diagnoses or proxies? Does the source capture all cases? Is the data ...
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 ...
Personal characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with SARS-CoV-2 semi-quantitative PCR test results: an observational study from Belgium, 2021-2022.
PCR test (SQ- PCR) results, used as a proxy for viral load, were routinely collected after performing RT-qPCR tests. METHODS: We investigated both the personal characteristics associated with SQ- PCR ...
Influenza like-illness surveillance using a Belgian sentinel network of nursing homes: results of October 2022 onwards
a proxy for NH residents. Throughout the year, weekly epidemiological/clinical data is collected on the number of ILI cases, ILI-related hospital admissions and deaths at NH level using an online ...
Assessing mental health from registry data: What is the best proxy?
study aimed to determine the registry variables that can serve as a proxy for variables studied in a mental health survey. Materials and methods Prevalences of depressive symptoms, anxiety and ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
include children aged 2-17 years. The highest educational level among parents is used as a proxy for SES and is dichotomized into lower (at most a higher secondary degree versus high (higher education). ...
An overview of programmatic indicators to monitor the roll-out of HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
PrEP programmes. Implementing proxy measures that track different aspects of PrEP use over time, and making synergies with research more explicit, could be used as strategies to obtain more granular ...
Predictors of exceeding emergency under-five mortality thresholds using small-scale survey data from humanitarian settings (1999- 2020): considerations for measles vaccination, malnutrition, and displacement status.
the association between an under-five death rate (U5DR) exceeding this threshold and population status (i.e., internally displaced, refugees or residents), GAM prevalence (proxy for food security), and ...
Validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollutants in Belgium
to classify individuals in three levels of exposure was assessed by means of a confusion matrix. Our results suggest a limited validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance as a direct proxy for ...
Gender‐dependent association between exhaled nitric oxide and the CC16 38AA genotype in young school children
allele promotes airway inflammation as measured by FeNO through a gender‐dependent association. Deficient levels of CC16 in the deep lung, measured noninvasively in urine, as a possible proxy for serum ...