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Determinants of adherence to COVID-19 measures among the Belgian population: an application of the protection motivation theory.
received the lowest scores. There was a statistically significant relationship between response efficacy and self-efficacy on the one hand and (past and future) adherence on the other hand, in a multivariate ...
Validation of the Dutch-Flemish translated ABCD questionnaire to measure cardiovascular diseases knowledge and risk perception among adults
fit statistics were evaluated. Furthermore, exploratory and confirmatory factorial validity, and internal consistency measures were explored. Descriptive statistics showed that both the knowledge and ...
Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in people with cystic fibrosis in Europe between February and June 2020.
rates of intensive care, although not statistically significant. Most pwCF recovered (96.2%), however 5 died, of whom 3 were lung transplant recipients. The case fatality rate for pwCF (3.85%, 95% CI: ...
Assessing polypharmacy in the older population: Comparison of a self‐reported and prescription based method
polypharmacy (use or prescription ≥5 medicines) and excessive polypharmacy (≥10 medicines) between both sources was assessed with kappa statistics. Multinomial logistic regression was used to study determinants ...
Recommendations to plan a national burden of disease study
profiles with national health statistics. Conclusions These recommendations as minimum requirements would facilitate efforts by those European countries who intend to perform national BoD studies. Health ...
Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?
institutes of public health, statistical offices and other bodies. Hence, DALY s can be estimated at a national level through the combination of the YLL and YLD information. On the other hand, small countries ...
The Cost of Diets According to Nutritional Quality and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Population-Based Assessment in Belgium
ConsumerScan Panel food price data. Statistical analyses performed: Associations were estimated using linear regressions. Results: The mean daily diet cost was US $6.51 (standard error of mean [SEM] US $0.08; ...
Organisation of Multi-Mycotoxin Proficiency Tests: Evaluation of the Performances of the Laboratories Using the Triple A Rating Approach
Europe, Canada, and the United States. The obtained datasets were computed using robust statistics. The outliers were checked and removed, and the toxin concentrations were assigned as the consensus value ...
Evaluation of the shucking of certain species of scallops contaminated with domoic acid with a view to the production of edible parts meeting the safety requirements foreseen in the Union legislation
concentration levels was above the limit of quantification (LOQ) and only these data were used for the assessment. Shucking in most cases resulted in a strong decrease in the toxin levels. Statistical analysis of ...
Evaluation of the shucking of certain species of scallops contaminated with lipophilic toxins with a view to the production of edible parts meeting the safety requirements foreseen in the Union legislation
detection (LOD), especially in adductor muscle but also in gonads. Shucking in most cases resulted in a strong decrease in the toxin levels. For Pecten maximus, statistical analysis showed that levels in ...