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The evolving personal, professional and physical impact on healthcare professionals during three COVID-19 waves: A cross-sectional study
Methods A repeated cross-sectional study was performed with eight measurement points between April 2020 and September 2021 in Belgium. Participants were asked how frequently (on a scale of 0–10) they ...
Remarkable fungal biodiversity on northern Belgium bats and hibernacula
as Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of the white-nose syndrome. Their body surface can also be colonized by fungal commensals or carry transient fungal species and participate in their ...
Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
height, weight, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia and to identify an adequate approach for valid measurement error correction. METHODS: Nine thousand four hundred thirty-nine participants of the 2018 ...
Challenges in Drug Surveillance: Strengthening the Analysis of New Psychoactive Substances by Harmonizing Drug Checking Services in Proficiency Testing.
(N-methyl-N-isopropyl lysergamide) and LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide). CONCLUSIONS: The participating drug checking services have access to adequate analytical tools to provide feedback to drug users and provide ...
Sex differences in diabetic foot ulcer severity and outcome in Belgium
and outcome after 6 months in individuals with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Methods A total of 1,771 patients with moderate to severe DFU participated in a national prospective, multicenter cohort ...
Do genomic passports leave us more vulnerable or less vulnerable? Perspectives from an online citizen engagement
an online citizen engagement on genomic information usage, including a question on a genomic passport for all. The inductive thematic analysis of participants’ contributions highlighted vulnerability ...
Non-response bias in the analysis of the association between mental health and the urban environment: a cross-sectional study in Brussels, Belgium
non-response and potential determinants was explored through logistic regressions. Results Participants with low income, low educational levels, lower or higher age or in households with children were less ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
vaccination, general self-reported health and socio-demographics. In autumn 2021, participants were invited for a follow-up round. An online tool was developed to coordinate fieldwork procedures, real-time ...
Post COVID-19 condition and health-related quality of life: a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
months later. Linear mixed regression models were built to assess the longitudinal association between participants’ characteristics and the evolution of their HRQ oL. Results This study found ...
Acceptability to Healthcare Professionals of Home-Based HPV Self-Sampling for Cervical Screening: A French Qualitative Study Conducted in an Area with Low Access to Health Services
underscreened women urine self-sampling vaginal self-sampling Abstract: Self-sampling may improve participation in cervical cancer secondary prevention programs by women who do not respond or respond irregularly ...