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Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
as well as PCC symptoms categories was assessed using multivariable logistic regression. RESULTS: The proportion of PCC among participants infected during the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron-dominant periods ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed care of cardiovascular diseases in Europe: a systematic review
This study aims to estimate the impact of the pandemic on delayed CVD care in Europe by providing a systematic overview of the available evidence. METHODS AND RESULTS: PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science ...
A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies
from the World Health Organization. In practice this means that milder cases, that may be occurring very frequently, are not included in estimates of the burden of long COVID which will result in ...
Aetiological and prognostic roles of frailty, multimorbidity and socioeconomic characteristics in the development of SARS-CoV-2 health outcomes: protocol for systematic reviews of population-based studies
included 10 139 articles, 411 for full-text reading. Results will be summarised by risk factor, objective and outcome. The feasibility of meta-analysis will be determined by the findings and will aim to ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Cross-sectional study was conducted between April 8-May 15, 2020. Data collected included demographics, group category (i.e. staff or resident), symptom status and test result. We retrieved additional data: number ...
The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021
disease states were derived from a Belgian cohort study. RESULTS: In 2020, the total number of COVID-19 related DALY s was estimated at 253,577 [252,541 - 254,739], which is higher than in 2021, when it was ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
defining COVID-19 deaths using the underlying, and associated, cause of death. RESULTS: In 2020, the estimated DALY s due to COVID-19 in France were 990 710 (1472 per 100 000), with 99% of burden due to ...
Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.
and the proportion of all positive tests that were confirmed self-tests. To evaluate the reason why people use self-tests, we used the results of two online surveys among members of the general ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
and consultation of antibody test results. Furthermore, a helpdesk in all three languages for participants’ support was set up. RESULTS: In the first round, 6,006 citizens in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion ...
COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality, deaths per million and infection fatality ratio, Belgium, 9 March 2020 to 28 June 2020
demographic data of the Belgian population. The number of infections was estimated by a stochastic compartmental model. The IFR was estimated using a delay distribution between infection and death. Results In ...