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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

negative association of illness perceptions with HRQ oL was stronger when multimorbidity is present compared to when it is absent (β = -0.62, P < 0.001 vs β = -0.38, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study ...

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 ...

A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing

its effect on core markers of ageing: telomere length (TL) and mitochondrial DNA content (mtDNAc). METHODS: In this study, 6054 adults from the 2018 Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) were included. ...

Two countries, similar practices: The political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama.

industry pointed at individuals for making their own food choices, in order to shift the focus away from the role of its products in contributing to ill-health. CONCLUSIONS: We provide evidence of the ...

Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

developed for Western contexts. Conclusion: It is recommended that researchers and humanitarian workers reflect on the effectiveness of the mental health assessment tool they use to accurately represent the ...

The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement.

population, which makes it necessary to conduct a thorough assessment of the existing food environment policies. The aims of the study were: (1) to depict the strength of healthy food environment policies in ...

QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey

disease on mortality and morbidity into a single index. This study aims to estimate the burden of chronic diseases in terms of QALY losses and to model its social distribution for the general population. ...

Living with a chronic disease: insights from patients with a low socioeconomic status

and how it impacts health-related quality of life (HRQ oL). Compared to their more affluent counterparts, worse outcomes have been reported. A better understanding of the domains of HRQ oL that are ...

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