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Care trajectories are associated with quality improvement in the treatment of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes: A registry based cohort study.
initiative with more intense hypoglycemic and cardiovascular treatment. Yet, they presented higher HbA1c-levels and more complications. Enrolment in a CT is associated with additional ...
Relationship between self-reported weight change, educational status, and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes in Luxembourg.
the follow-up period. To assess the relationship between weight change and HRQOL, generalized linear models were constructed for every dimension of the WHOQOL- BREF, with educational level as ...
Humoral and cell mediated immune responses to a pertussis containing vaccine in pregnant and nonpregnant women.
cytokine release in response to vaccine antigens PT, FHA, TT, and to pokeweed mitogen (PWM) as polyclonal stimulus. Antibody levels to all five vaccine components increased significantly and to the same ...
Landscape and regional environmental analysis of the spatial distribution of hantavirus human cases in europe.
environmental variables. METHODS: The influence of variables at the landscape and regional level is studied through multilevel logistic regression, and further information on their effects across the different European ...
Contribution of chronic diseases to the mild and severe disability burden in Belgium.
different severity levels. In this study, the contribution of chronic diseases to both mild and severe disability burden in Belgium was investigated. METHODS: Data on 21 chronic diseases and disability from ...
Development of the European Health Interview Survey- Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ) to monitor physical activity in the European Union.
comparable data on domain-specific physical activity in all 28 EU MS and to publish indicators at the EU level. CONCLUSIONS: The EHIS- PAQ is a short, domain-specific PA questionnaire based on PA questions ...
Contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in a population 15 years and older, Belgium, 1997-2008.
most disabling diseases, i.e. caused the highest level of disability among the diseased individuals, in all age groups for men and women, respectively. Back pain was the main cause of disability in men ...
Evaluation of the Speed-Oligo Mycobacteria assay for the identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
species level is, therefore, critical. The Speed-Oligo Mycobacteria assay is an oligochromatographic method that was made available recently for the identification and differentiation of mycobacteria. The ...
Presence of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in sows are risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in their offspring.
(15.2%). Antimicrobial resistance in piglets was influenced by antimicrobial use in sows and piglets and by the sow resistance level (p≤0.05). Using aminopenicillins and third-generation cephalosporins in ...
Assessing the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator in fourteen European countries.
European population and the need for caution when comparing the level of the GALI from one country to another. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.03 Health ...