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Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
Background: We describe the implementation and results of an audit-feedback quality improvement (QI) initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics (DFC s). Methods: Using self-developed software and ...
Deformation at first presentation is associated with ulceration in active Charcot foot: a prospective follow-up study of 62 patients of the IQED-Foot study
side of Charcot foot,…) and data about management (time to diagnosis, deformation present at diagnosis, method of immobilization). Method: Thirty-four multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinics in Belgium ...
Good continuum of HIV care in Belgium despite weaknesses in retention and linkage to care among migrants.
who have sex with men and Sub-Saharan Africans. We studied the continuum of HIV care of those diagnosed with HIV living in Belgium and its associated factors. METHODS: Data on new HIV diagnoses ...
Low prevalence of previous lower limb revascularisation in patients with diabetes and acute Charcot foot: results from a case-control study.
revascularisation (LLR), as a marker of peripheral macroangiopathy, in patients with diabetes and Charcot foot. Methods: Patients with diabetes and incident acute Charcot foot, but without a history of diabetic foot ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
periodical audits and feedback (anonymous benchmarking). [1] Methods: In 2011, 32 Belgian DFC s followed 1528 patients with a DFU of Wagner grade 2 or more for six months or until healing, major amputation or ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
METHODS: Using self-developed software and questionnaires, diabetic foot clinics collected data in 2005, 2008 and 2011, covering characteristics, history and ulcer severity, management and outcome of the ...
HPV DNA, E6/E7 mRNA, and p16INK4a detection in head and neck cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
attributable fraction and type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas by doing a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS We did a literature search on PubMed to ...
Quality of care of people with type 2 diabetes in eight European countries: findings from the Guideline Adherence to Enhance Care (GUIDANCE) study.
type 2 diabetes; also to investigate factors associated with key intermediate outcomes. Research Design and Methods: GUIDANCE was a cross-sectional study including retrospective data extraction from the ...
Initiative for quality improvement and epidemiology among children and adolescents with diabetes (IQECAD)
improve the processes and outcomes of care by implementing a system of audit and feedback in Belgian HBMC s. To identify risk factors of poor care delivery and outcomes. Methods In 2009, twelve HBMC ...
Description of cervical cancer mortality in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models.
using Bayesian models. METHOD: Cervical cancer (cervix uteri (CVX), corpus uteri (CRP), not otherwise specified (NOS) uterus cancer and other very rare uterus cancer (OTH) mortality data were extracted ...