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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

general population without MI between 1997 and 2018 in Belgium. Methods: Data on the general adult population were retrieved from the Belgian Health Interview Survey in six cross-sectional waves from 1997 ...

The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018

disability-adjusted life years (DALY) using data from the Belgian health interview surveys (BHIS), the INTEGO database (Belgian registration network for general practitioners) and the Global Burden of Diseases study ...

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

assessment tools and their use in populations affected by disasters and conflicts. Method: Tools that assess posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use disorder, and general mental health were ...

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 ...

Anxiety and Depression in Belgium during the First 15 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

generally found among women, young people, people with poor social support, extraverts, people having pre-existing psychological problems, and people who were infected/exposed to the COVID-19 virus. ...

The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population: results of the Belgian Health Interview Survey

oL). The aim was to estimate the impact of coexisting chronic diseases on HRQ oL of the adult general Belgian population. Methods The Belgian Health Interview Survey 2018 provided data on self-reported ...

Falls among older general practice patients: risk factors and fall prevention in Belgium, 2019-2020

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: S Moreels; Nicole Boffin; Robrecht De Schreye Source: European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue 3, Number 580 (2021) Health Topics:  Chronic disease Maladie chronique Chronische ziekte ...

Assessing polypharmacy in the older population: Comparison of a self‐reported and prescription based method

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 30, Issue 12 (2021) Keywords: Polypharmacy Abstract: Purpose To explore differences in the prevalence and determinants of polypharmacy in the older general population in ...

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

need for support, and coping strategies. Patients experienced their illness as an additional problem on top of all other problems (i.e. financial/social problems, traumatic life events). In general, the ...

Health-related quality of life in patients with non-communicable disease: study protocol of a cross-sectional survey

A minimum of 50 general practitioners will participate to recruit participants (convenient sample) and a total of 531 patients will be enrolled (voluntary response sample). Each participant will complete ...

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