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Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
measuring health-related quality of life among DFU patients. It consists of 29 items in 6 subscales: leisure, physical health, dependence/daily life, negative emotions, worried about ulcers and bothered by ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
demographic (age, region of residence and sex) and COVID-19 related (having had a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked ...
Integration of various dimensions in food-based dietary guidelines via mathematical approaches: report of a DGE/FENS Workshop in Bonn, Germany, 23–24 September 2019Abstract
view of pressing challenges, such as climate change and the rising burden of diet-related diseases, the simultaneous integration of evidence-based findings from different dimensions into FBDG s is ...
Remarkable fungal biodiversity on northern Belgium bats and hibernacula
dominated by cosmopolitan and plant-associated species, in particular from the genera Cladosporium, Penicillium, and Aspergillus. Other species known to be related to bats or their environment, such as ...
Rational arguments for regulatory acceptance of consistency testing: benefits of non-animal testing over release testing of vaccines.
vaccines. Given the challenges relating to development, validation and acceptance of new methods, and considering the relatively low prices of some legacy vaccines, this cannot be done without government ...
Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
proves to be the method of choice to correct the bias related to self-reported data in the BHIS. This method is particularly useful to enable improved secondary analysis of self-reported data by using ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders
health outcomes. The risk factors that will be studied first are those related to air quality, environmental noise and extreme temperature. In terms of outcomes, priority was given to all-cause mortality, ...
Towards clinical breakpoints for non-tuberculous mycobacteria- Determination of epidemiological cut off values for the Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus using broth microdilution.
within the EUCAST subcommittee for anti-mycobacterial drug susceptibility testing. In addition, we showed that several CLSI NTM breakpoints are not consistent in relation to the (T) ECOFF s. Health ...
HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening on Self-samples in the Netherlands: Challenges to Reach Women and Test Performance Questions.
See related article by Aitken et al., p. 183. Health Topics: Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Health and disease monitoring Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Service: Centre du cancer ...
Comparison of Serological Methods for Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus-Specific Antibody Detection in Wild Boar and Sheep: Impact of the Screening Approach on the Estimated Seroprevalence.
relative sensitivities of 23% and 20%, respectively, compared to the PRNT results. The relative specificities were 88% and 84% due to cross reactions with USUTU virus-specific antibodies. The minimal TBEV ...