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Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
to establish priority outcomes; quantify prevalence “best estimates”; establish disease models; and perform expert evaluation of methods and results. The disease models visualize the relationship ...
Unravelling COVID-19 social mortality patterns using conditional inference tree algorithm
outcomes were considered in this study aiming at predicting sociodemographic (SD) and socioeconomic (SE) patterns of 1) COVID-19 specific death compared to survival; 2) all other causes of death (OCOD) ...
The data layer: the importance of sources critical appraisal
specific to each disease and outcome of interest. This process includes a thorough evaluation of the operational case definitions, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each database, with a particular ...
Patient-reported indicator surveys (PaRIS): Insights from Belgium
Sciensano, Brussels, p.101 (2025) Accession Number: D/2025.14.440/15 Keywords: chronic diseases international survey Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed care of cardiovascular diseases in Europe: a systematic review
Source: Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes, Volume 9, Issue 7, Number 661 (2023) Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases COVID-19 Delayed care Europe. Abstract: AIMS: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the ...
The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018
terms of Years Lived with Disability. The current study aims to analyze the health and economic impact of these MSK disorders in Belgium, providing a summary of morbidity and mortality outcomes from 2013 ...
A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing
Mental health and well-being outcomes included psychological and severe psychological distress, vitality, life satisfaction, self-perceived health, depressive and generalised anxiety disorder and suicidal ...
Anxiety and Depression in Belgium during the First 15 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study
mixed models were used to model the associations between the predictor variables and the mental health outcomes. Results showed that the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression was higher in ...
Assessing polypharmacy in the older population: Comparison of a self‐reported and prescription based method
vary substantially by source of outcome indicator, but restrictions in activities of daily living (ADL), living in an institution and a history of a hospital admission was associated with self-reported ...
Living with a chronic disease: insights from patients with a low socioeconomic status
and how it impacts health-related quality of life (HRQ oL). Compared to their more affluent counterparts, worse outcomes have been reported. A better understanding of the domains of HRQ oL that are ...