Publicaties

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a methodology for calculating the need for positron emission tomography (PET) scanners in a country and illustrate this methodology for Belgium.Methods: First, levels of evidence were assigned to PE...

The objective of the study was to assess the effect of an invitation letter on the level of participation in a setting of mainly opportunistic screening for cervical cancer and to do a cost analysis of this intervention. We designed a quasi-random...

BACKGROUND: Information on the incidence and prevalence of diseases is a core indicator for public health. There are several ways to estimate morbidity in a population (e.g., surveys, healthcare registers). In this paper, we focus on one particula...

Diagnostic research requires multivariable analytical approaches to take the contributions of different tests to a diagnosis simultaneously into consideration. Tree-building methods, logistic regression analysis, and neural networks can provide so...

De impact van evidence-based praktijkvoering (EBP) is de laatste jaren sterk gestegen. Toch blijken zorgverleners moeite te hebben met het toepassen ervan. Doel: In kaart brengen welke barrières Vlaamse zorgverleners ervaren bij het toepassen van...

BACKGROUND: The authors tested the hypothesis that depression is a possible factor influencing the course of cancer by reviewing prospective epidemiological studies and calculating summary relative risks. METHODS: Studies were identified by comput...

Objectives To examine the evolution of quality of life (QOL) in demented subjects at base-line, one and 2 years later and todetermine clinical variables associated with QOL.Method Longitudinal study of a cohort of 127 subjects living at home or in...

We conducted a prospective study among elderly women with a first hip fracture to document survival and functional outcome and to determine whether outcomes differ by fracture type. The design was a one-year prospective cohort study in the context...

OBJECTIVE: Before introducing a test in clinical practice, its characteristics and added value should be assessed. Diagnostic accuracy studies only are not sufficient; the test's impact on patient outcome ought to be assessed as well. To do this, ...

OBJECTIVE: About one in every three employees seen by their occupational physician is absent from work because of psychosocial health complaints. To implement preventive measures, it is necessary to identify predictors for this type of sickness ab...

BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle dysfunction is a common feature in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is associated with intrinsic muscular abnormalities. One of the most consistently reported alterations is a shift from fibre type I t...

BACKGROUND: In the current study, the authors focused on determinants influencing the quality of care and variations in the actual quality of integrated care for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to estimate whether there is room for...

Aim. This paper reports a study to explore the barriers to evidence-based nursing among Flemish (Belgian) nurses.

BACKGROUND: Internationally, several organizations have developed clinical guidelines for subfertility care to supply patients with the best possible care. However, to improve the implementation of such guidelines, we first need to gain insight in...

We investigate the possible reasons for the co-occurrence of bladder and prostate cancer and discuss its clinical relevance. The co-occurrence of bladder and prostate cancer can (partly) be explained by a survival effect and diagnostic bias. Radio...

Aims/hypothesis We determined the genetic contribution of 18 anthropometric and metabolic risk factors of type 2 diabetes using a young healthy twin population.

Situering/Inleiding: Het doel van de studie was de evaluatie van de effectiviteit van multidisciplinaire Diabetes Support Teams op patiëntgebonden uitkomsten van de zorg als onderdeel van een multifacettair kwaliteitsverbeterend programma in de h...

Situering/Inleiding: Type 2 diabetes is in volle opmars met een verdubbeling van haar prevalentie om de tien jaar. Complicaties zijn ernstig en frequent én essentieel van vasculaire oorsprong. Ze kunnen voorkomen worden door een combinatie van m...

Objective: The project aimed to search for online evidence in a structured way in consultation with the patient, to investigate whether the evidence discovered changed directions. Methods: We developed the 'Online on-the-spot' method (OOS) as a pa...