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Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population.
a longitudinal cohort study organised over a two-years period between April 2021 and April 2023. The eligible population is all people aged 18 years and older, living in Belgium, with a recent COVID-19 infection ...
Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study.
were living with a diagnosed viraemic infection. In 2020, an estimated 641 000 (623 000-765 000) patients initiated treatment. INTERPRETATION: At the beginning of 2020, there were an estimated 56·8 ...
Movements of free-range pigs in rural communities in Zambia: an explorative study towards future ring interventions for the control of Taenia solium
urgently needed to control the disease. Geographically targeted interventions, i.e. screening or treatment of taeniosis among people living near infected pigs (defined as ring screening and ring treatment, ...
Residential green space and mental health-related prescription medication sales: An ecological study in Belgium.
was associated with higher medication sales (+6-7%). CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, these results suggest that living in green environments may be beneficial for adult mental health. Woodland exposure ...
Estimating the direct Disability-Adjusted Life Years associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the Republic of Ireland: The first full year
diseases to be translated into a single measure, such as the Disability-Adjusted-Life-Year (DALY). Methods: DALY s were calculated as the sum of Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Years Lived with Disability (YLD) ...
The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019: a nationwide registry-based study
Devleesschauwer; Niko Speybroeck Source: BMC Cancer, Volume 22, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: burden of disease Cancer epidemiology Disability-Adjusted Life Years Years lived with disability Abstract: Background The ...
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020
years (DALY) due to COVID-19 were estimated in the Indian population in 2020, comprised of years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD). YLL was estimated by multiplying the number of ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
institutional, ward and resident level. A detailed questionnaire had to be completed for all eligible (i.e. living full time in the facility since at least 24 h, present at 8:00 am and willing to participate) ...
Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
all people aged 18 years and older, living in Belgium, with a recent COVID-19 infection and contacted by the health authorities for contact tracing. Two questionnaires are used: a baseline questionnaire ...
Methodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe: a systematic literature review
undertaken across Europe and to comprehensively review the methodological design choices and assumption parameters that have been made to calculate years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability ...