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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
when invited to contact a health professional for the collection of a cervical specimen. It could also help resolve access problems in areas with a low physician density. The present qualitative study ...
The European response to the WHO call cervical cancer as a public health problem
delegates of scientific professional societies and cancer organisations endorse the principles of the WHO call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, also in Europe. All European nations ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
diabetic foot clinics (DFC s) were advised by the professional associations to consider all active diabetic foot problem as urgent. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of these restrictions on the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic strongly reduced the presentation rate of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium, but the impact on severity was limited to slightly larger lesions
14/03 until 03/05/2020. Free movement was restricted and only urgent medical care was allowed. Although diabetic foot clinics (DFC) were advised to treat all foot problems as urgent, patients were ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
2 audits (2011 and 2013/14). Audits characteristics are described in table 1. In each audit, RDFC registered the first 52 diabetic patients over a 1-year period with a “new” foot problem: DFU of Wagner grade ...
Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
problems of 4,917 unique patients were sampled in 20-34 centres. Foot problems were either a diabetic foot ulcer of at least Wagner grade 2 and/or an active Charcot foot. Data pertained to characteristics at ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Kris Doggen; Hilde Beele; Sophie Deweer; Isabelle Dumont; Vera Eenkhoorn; Patricia Félix; Patrick Lauwers; Frank Nobels; Caren Randon; Kristien Van Acker; Eric Weber; Giovanni A. Mat ...
Epidemiologie en behandeling van acute Charcot voet: prospectieve follow-up studie van 62 patiënten uit de IKED-Voet studie
patients presenting with diabetic foot problems, resulting in a total of 1782 cases in 2014. 62 cases were registered as acute Charcot foot and followed up to a maximum of seven months in terms of treatment ...
The German and Belgian accreditation models for diabetic foot services.
recognition diabetic foot clinics need to treat at least 52 patients with a new foot problem (Wagner 2 or more or active Charcot foot) per annum. Baseline and 6-month outcome data of these patients are included ...
Worldwide burden of cervical cancer in 2008.
Cervical cancer, more than the other major cancers, affects women <45 years. CONCLUSIONS: In spite of effective screening methods, cervical cancer continues to be a major public health problem. New ...