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Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012-2020).
aspect benchmarked. INFORMAS has resulted in the development and widespread application of standardized methods for assessing the characteristics of food environments. The activities of INFORMAS have ...
Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium.
(BHIS) data for asserting CD s. METHODS: Individual BHIS 2013 data were linked with BCHI data using the unique national register number. The study population included all participants of the BHIS 2013 aged ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with non-communicable disease: study protocol of a cross-sectional survey
of this study is to assess the impact of NCD s on patients’ HRQ oL, with a focus on multimorbidity and socioeconomic status. Methods and analysis A primary care-based cross-sectional study is conducted ...
End-of-life communication in advanced cancer: international trends (2009-2014).
Lieve; Deliens, Luc Source: BMJ Support Palliat Care (2020) Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in end-of-life communication with people with cancer in general practice. METHODS: Mortality follow-back ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta
in Malta in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALY s) and compare to estimates obtained by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Method The Maltese European Health Interview Survey dataset ...
Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
COVID-19 by using estimates of population age structure and YLD for health conditions linked to severe illness from COVID-19. Methods Population and YLD estimates from GBD 2017 were extracted for 45 ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulceration: study protocol for adaptation and validation of patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) in Dutch-speaking patients.
a standardised method of obtaining patients’ views on their well-being. The DFU Scale Short Form (DFS- SF) is a validated disease-specific PROM for measuring health-related quality of life among DFU patients. The ...
Food groups and risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies
sugar-sweetened beverages [SSB]) and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and heart failure (HF). Methods: We conducted a systematic search in PubMed and Embase up to March 2017 for prospective studies. ...