Publications
ParaFPGA15 : exploring threads and trends in programmable hardware Ghent University
Trends in prevalence and incidence of registered dementia and trends in multimorbidity among patients with dementia in general practice in Flanders, Belgium, 2000-2021: a registry-based, retrospective, longitudinal cohort study KU Leuven
Assessing trends in population size of three unmarked species: A comparison of a multi-species N-mixture model and random encounter models Hasselt University KU Leuven Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Trends in sleeping difficulties among European adolescents. Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Objectives: We examined changes in sleep-onset difficulties over time and associations with physical activity and screen time behavior among adolescents. Methods: We used data from last four survey waves of the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study (2002–2006–2010–2014). Multilevel logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore associations between regular sleeping difficulties, excessive screen time exposure and being ...
Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven Ghent University
Background: Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing the combined effects of public health interventions and secular trends) and changes in its high-blood-pressure tail (representing successful clinical interventions to control blood pressure in the hypertensive population). Our aim was to quantify the contributions of these two phenomena to the ...
Modeling future cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States: national trends and racial and ethnic disparities Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background-
Accurate forecasting of cardiovascular disease mortality is crucial to guide policy and programming efforts. Prior forecasts often have not incorporated past trends in rates of reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality. This creates uncertainties about future trends in cardiovascular disease mortality and disparities.
Methods and Results-
To forecast US cardiovascular disease mortality and disparities ...
Trends in familiebeoordelingen van kwaliteit van levenseindezorg en van sterven bij dementie. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE:
To analyse possible trends in families' evaluations of the quality of end-of-life care and the quality of dying in dementia.
DESIGN:
Analysis of individual patient data from 3 studies (2 solely retrospective (after death) and 1 partly prospective).
METHOD:
We combined data on 372 residents with dementia from 38 nursing homes and 13 residential ...