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The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
with high levels of perceived severity after controlling for other variables. Our results highlight the key role of perceived severity on social contact behaviour during a pandemic. Nevertheless, ...
Burden of disease of COVID-19: Strengthening the collaboration for national studies
study periods between January 2020 and December 2021. Results: National studies dealt with various data gaps and different assumptions were made to face knowledge gaps. Still, they delivered broadly ...
COVID-19 measures in Belgium: how perception and adherence of the general population differ between time periods.
the number of COVID-19 cases. Each of these resulted in more stringent measures being taken to curb the pandemic. This study compared perception of and adherence to COVID-19 measures of the Belgian ...
Estimating the direct Disability-Adjusted Life Years associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the Republic of Ireland: The first full year
directly associated with COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) from 01 March 2020, to 28 February 2021. Life expectancy is based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study life tables for 2019. Results ...
Importance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 assay antigenic composition as revealed by the results of the Belgian external quality assessment (EQA) scheme.
divergent results in the Belgian SARS-CoV-2 serology external quality assessment scheme. Sample IS /17575 was serum originating from a 30 years old male patient. 124 diagnostic laboratories analysed this ...
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020
staff members. RESULTS: This surveillance has been launched within 14 days after the first COVID-19 death in Belgium. Automatic data cleaning was installed using different validation rules. More than 99% of NH ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
(re-)admitted to the NH. Results A total of 107, 87 and 158 NH s conducted the HALT-1, HALT-2 and HALT-3 survey, respectively. The median prevalence of residents with antimicrobial agent(s) increased from 4.3% ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020
Years of Life Lost estimates using: cause-specific; and COVID-19 related deaths. All COVID-19 estimates were for 2020. Results In 2020, estimates of COVID-19 DALY s in Scotland ranged from 96,500 to ...
The association between area deprivation and COVID-19 incidence: a municipality-level spatio-temporal study in Belgium, 2020–2021
attributable fractions. Results A significant association between COVID-19 incidence and area deprivation was found over the entire study period, with the incidence in the most deprived areas predicted to be 24% higher ...
QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey
assessed by estimating population attributable fractions (PAF). Results. For both years, the largest QALY losses were observed in dorsopathies, arthropathies, hypertension/high cholesterol, and genitourinary ...