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Auteurs: Lotte Timmermans, Dagje Boeykens, Mustafa Muhammed Sirimsi, Peter Decat, Veerle Foulon, Ann Van Hecke, Mieke Vermandere et Birgitte Schoenmakers
Auteurs: Jacqueline Ponzo et Marjan van den Akker
9 September 2022 | ARTICLE
A search for relevant contextual factors in intervention studies: a stepwise approach with online information
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study is to describe a stepwise approach to study which contextual factors might moderate the effect of healthcare interventions and to test feasibility of this approach within the D-SCOPE project. DESIGN: Explora...
Auteurs: Michaël Christiaan John Van der Elst, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Eva Dierckx, Liesbeth De Donder, Ellen De Roeck, Daan Duppen, Bram Fret, Jos MGA Schols, Gertrudis IJM Kempen et Jan De Lepeleire
Auteurs: Laure Sillis, Veerle Foulon, Karel Allegaert, Annick Bogaerts, Maarten De Vos, Titia Hompes, Anne Smits, Kristel Van Calsteren, Jan Verbakel et Michael Ceulemans
3 September 2022 | ARTICLE
Autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular risk: a population-based study on 19 autoimmune diseases and 12 cardiovascular diseases in 22 million individuals in the UK
BACKGROUND: Some autoimmune diseases are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to determine whether or not this is true, and to what extent, for a broad range of autoimmune conditions. METHODS: In this population-ba...
Auteurs: Nathalie Conrad, Geert Verbeke, Geert Molenberghs, Laura Goetschalckx, Thomas Callender, Geraldine Cambridge, Justin C Mason, Kazem Rahimi, John J McMurray et Jan Y Verbakel
1 September 2022 | ARTICLE
Children and adolescents are not small adults: toward a better understanding of multimorbidity in younger populations
Multimorbidity is of an increasing importance for the health of both children and adults but research has hitherto focused on adult multimorbidity. Hence, public awareness, practice, and policy lack vital information about multimorbidity in childh...
Auteurs: Marjan van den Akker, Mirjam Dieckelmann, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain, Daniela Bond-Smith, Christiane Muth, Sanghamitra Pati, Sonia Saxena, Desiree Silva, Rachel Skoss, Leon Straker, Sandra C Thompson et Judith M Katzenellenbogen
Auteurs: Ben Van Calster, Stefan Timmerman, Axel Geysels, Jan Y Verbakel et Wouter Froyman
1 September 2022 | ARTICLE
Prevalence, incidence and longevity of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among primary healthcare providers in Belgium: a prospective cohort study with 12 months of follow-up
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence, incidence and longevity of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among primary healthcare providers (PHCPs). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with 12 months of follow-up. SETTING: Primary care in Belgium. PARTICIPAN...
Auteurs: Niels Adriaenssens, Beatrice Scholtes, Robin Bruyndonckx, Pauline Van Ngoc, Jan Y Verbakel, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens, Ann Van den Bruel, Isabelle Desombere, Pierre Van Damme, Herman Goossens, Laetitia Buret, Els Duysburgh et Samuel Coenen
1 September 2022 | ARTICLE
The concept of disability and its causal mechanisms in older people over time from a theoretical perspective: a literature review
Ageing with a disability increases the risk of hospitalization and nursing home admission. Ageing in place interventions aiming to reduce disability are often not sufficiently effective and inadequately theory-based. There are many models availabl...
Auteurs: Ines Mouchaers, Hilde Verbeek, Gertrudis Kempen, Jolanda van Haastregt, Ellen Vlaeyen, Geert Goderis et Silke Metzelthin
Auteurs: Vasiliki Andreou, Sanne Peters, Jan Eggermont et Birgitte Schoenmakers
Auteurs: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
12 August 2022 | ARTICLE
Burden of COVID-19 on primary care in Belgium: a prospective nationwide observational study from March to August 2020

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 outbreak had an important impact on general practice, for example the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the switch to telephone consultations. We installed a monitoring instrument and reported the burden t...

Auteurs: Bert Vaes, Benedicte Vos, Maxime Foidart, Robrecht De Schreye, Diego Schrans, Hilde Philips, Bert Aertgeerts et Kris Doggen
Auteurs: G Bekkering, J Detraux, AC Vanhove, J Lopez-Lopez, Marc De Hert, T Vandendriessche, B Aertgeerts, N Delvaux et M Vermandere
1 August 2022 | ARTICLE
Safety of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE: To determine the harms of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors in people who need lipid-lowering therapy. METHODS: This systematic review included randomised controlled trials that compared PCSK9 inhibitors with p...
Auteurs: Jing Li, Heyue Du, Yang Wang, Bert Aertgeerts, Gordon Guyatt, Qiukui Hao, Yanjiao Shen, Ling Li, Na Su, Nicolas Delvaux, Geertruida Bekkering, Safi U Khan, Irbaz B Riaz, Per Olav Vandvik, Baihai Su, Haoming Tian et Sheyu Li
1 August 2022 | ARTICLE
Differences in opioid prescription rates between patients with musculoskeletal disorders enrolled in coordinated ambulatory healthcare and patients receiving usual care: a retrospective observational cohort study
OBJECTIVES: To compare opioid prescription rates between patients enrolled in coordinated ambulatory care and patients receiving usual care. DESIGN: In this retrospective cohort study, we analysed claims data for insured patients with non-specific...
Auteurs: Angelina Mueller, Olga Anastasia Amberger, Anastasiya Glushan, Renate Klaassen-Mielke, Claudia Witte, Marjan van den Akker, Robin Bruenn, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Martin Beyer et Kateryna Karimova
1 August 2022 | ARTICLE
Are psychosocial variables, sleep characteristics or central pain processing prognostic factors for outcome following rotator cuff repair? A protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study
INTRODUCTION: Prognosis following surgical rotator cuff repair (RCR) is often established through the assessment of non-modifiable biomedical factors such as tear size. This understates the complex nature of recovery following RCR. There is a need...
Auteurs: Ariane Schwank, Thomas Struyf, Filip Struyf, Paul Blazey, Michel Mertens, David Gisi, Markus Pisan et Mira Meeus
23 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Trends in guideline implementation: an updated scoping review
BACKGROUND: Guidelines aim to support evidence-informed practice but are inconsistently used without implementation strategies. Our prior scoping review revealed that guideline implementation interventions were not selected and tailored based on p...
Auteurs: Sanne Peters, Krithika Sukumar, Sophie Blanchard, Akilesh Ramasamy, Jennifer Malinowski, Pamela Ginex, Emily Senerth, Marleen Corremans, Zachary Munn, Tamara Kredo, Lucia Prieto Remon, Etienne Ngeh, Lisa Kalman, Samia Alhabib, Yasser Sami Amer et Anna Gagliardi
20 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Incidence rates and trends of childhood urinary tract infections and antibiotic prescribing: registry-based study in general practices (2000 to 2020)

BACKGROUND: To improve the management of childhood urinary tract infections, it is essential to understand the incidence rates, testing and treatment strategy. METHODS: A retrospective study using data from 45 to 104 general practices (2000 to ...

Auteurs: Hanne A Boon, Thomas Struyf, Jonas Crevecoeur, Nicolas Delvaux, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Bert Vaes, Ann Van den Bruel et Jan Y Verbakel
Auteurs: Sofie Van Ostaeyen, Anissa All, Marieke Robbrecht, Vasiliki Andreou, Mieke Embo, Tammy Schellens et Martin Valcke
19 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Mapping key components of community-oriented strategies to facilitate alcohol-related early identification and brief intervention in general practice: a scoping review
Hazardous alcohol use is one of the leading risk factors for morbidity and mortality in the world. Early identification and brief interventions (EIBIs) delivered in primary care is an effective but underutilized strategy to address this issue. Com...
Auteurs: Bram Pussig, Sarah Vandelanotte, Catharina Mathei, Leo Pas, Bert Aertgeerts et Mieke Vermandere
Auteurs: Canmei Xu, Mariëtte Huizinga, Daniale Tekelia Ekubagewargies, Justine Soetaert, Wim Van Den Noortgate et Dieter Baeyens
Auteurs: K Baldewijns, H Vandenhoudt, P Nijst, J Vercammen, M Van Laethem, L Haumont, I Vandepoel, I Moldenaers, HP Brunner La-Rocca et M Smeets
1 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Cost of healthcare utilization associated with incident cardiovascular and renal disease in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A multinational, observational study across 12 countries
AIM: To examine how the development of cardiovascular and renal disease (CVRD) translates to hospital healthcare costs in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) initially free from CVRD. METHODS: Data were obtained from the digital healthcare syst...
Auteurs: Anna Norhammar, Johan Bodegard, Jan W Eriksson, Hermann Haller, Gerard CM Linssen, Amitava Banerjee, Avraham Karasik, Pavlos Mamouris, Navdeep Tangri, Tiago Taveira-Gomes, Aldo P Maggioni, Manuel Botana, Marcus Thuresson, Suguru Okami, Toshitaka Yajima, Takashi Kadowaki et Kare Birkeland
1 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial on the use of intraoperative ultrasound-guided laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (UGLOC) as a method of fertility preservation in the management of benign ovarian cysts
INTRODUCTION: The lifetime risk of women undergoing surgery for the presence of benign ovarian pathology in the UK is 5%-10%. Despite minimally invasive surgical techniques, evidence suggests a number of healthy ovarian follicles and tissues are r...
Auteurs: Lorraine S Kasaven, Benjamin P Jones, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, Jan Yvan Jos Verbakel, Mona El-Bahrawy, Srdjan Saso et Joseph Yazbek
1 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Stakeholder Perspectives on the Development and Implementation of a Polypharmacy Management Program in Germany: Results of a Qualitative Study
Structured management programs have been developed for single diseases but rarely for patients with multiple medications. We conducted a qualitative study to investigate the views of stakeholders on the development and implementation of a polyphar...
Auteurs: Truc Sophia Dinh, Maria-Sophie Brueckle, Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Julian Witte, Marjan van den Akker, Ferdinand M Gerlach et Christiane Muth
1 July 2022 | ARTICLE
Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Belgian Nursing Homes on COVID-19 Cases, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths among Residents
In view of the grave situation during the first two waves of SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2), nursing homes (NHs) were prioritised for vaccination once vaccines became available in Belgium. The aim of this study ...
Auteurs: Sara Dequeker, Milena Callies, Catharina Vernemmen, Katrien Latour, Laura Int Panis, Romain Mahieu, Lennert Noppe, Muhammet Savsin et Els Duysburgh
28 June 2022 | ARTICLE
Trends in the epidemiology of depression and comorbidities from 2000 to 2019 in Belgium

BACKGROUND: Depression is a common mental disorder in family practice with an impact on global health. The aim of this study is to provide insight in the trends of epidemiological measures as well as pharmacological treatments and comorbidities...

Auteurs: Roosje Walrave, Simon Gabriel Beerten, Pavlos Mamouris, Kristien Coteur, Marc Van Nuland, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Lidia Casas et Bert Vaes