BACKGROUND: Non-response analysis is often restricted to the influence of age, sex and socio-economic status on response status. In this study the health status of responders and non-responders was also compared. RESULTS: Responders were comparabl...
Auteurs:M van den Akker, Frank Buntinx, JF Metsemakers en JA Knottnerus
Increasing numbers of people are found to have two or more diseases at the same time, which is termed multimorbidity. We studied the prevalence, incidence, and determinants of multimorbidity and the statistical clustering of chronic and recurrent ...
Auteurs:M van den Akker, Frank Buntinx, JF Metsemakers, S Roos en JA Knottnerus
BACKGROUND: Well-organized cervical screening has been shown to be effective in the reduction of both morbidity and mortality from cancer of the uterine cervix. In The Netherlands, the GP plays an important role in the cervical screening. The ques...
Auteurs:RPMG Hermens, E Hak, MEJL Hulscher, J Mulder, JCC Braspenning en RPTM Grol
A formulation of recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) combined with a novel adjuvant system, SBAS4--a combination of aluminium salt and monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), was assessed in 27 healthy adult volunteers with a commercial vaccine ...
Auteurs:S Thoelen, P Van Damme, C Mathei, G Leroux-Roels, I Desombere, A Safary, P Vandepapeliere, M Slaoui en A Meheus
To examine the reliability of demographical patient characteristics as routinely registered by the general practitioner (GP) in the Registration Network Family Practices, the educational level and type of living arrangement were compared with resp...
Auteurs:M van den Akker, GHLM Franssen, Frank Buntinx, JFM Metsemakers en JA Knottnerus
Since psychotherapy failures and early dropouts represent a sizable percentage of the clients who start psychotherapy, it is clearly important to devise a methodologically sound and effective process of treatment selection. In this study, a negoti...
Auteurs:Kristel Bleyen, Hans Vertommen en Chantal Van Audenhove
Ilizarov's method of monofocal compression was used in 30 humeri with a diaphyseal pseudarthrosis. Twenty-one patients had previous surgery but had loosening of the osteosynthesis material. Nine patients initially were treated with a hanging cast,...
Auteurs:J Lammens, G Bauduin, R Driesen, Pierre Moens, Jos Stuyck, Lucia De Smet en G Fabry
Aspects of capillary refilling time (CRT) in newborns, such as pressing time, sites of testing, normal values and difference between observers were assessed. CRT was measured in 280 term newborns, divided into 7 groups of 40 each, varying pressing...
Auteurs:Frank Buntinx, E Cloes, D Dhollander, E Salk, Daniël Lousbergh, A Op de Beeck, J Rummens, B Van Brabandt, J Vanden Brande, H Vandeput en A Van Waes
Auteurs:Sybille Opdebeeck, René Bouwen, Winfried De Gooijer, Hilde De Wilde, L Martens, Diane Serneels, Beatrice Van Buggenhout, Roger Vermaerke, Luc Bulckens, Johnny De Mot, Frans Lammertyn, Erik Schokkaert, Chantal Van Audenhove en Carine Van de Voorde
