Publicaties
Substance use disorder and associated factors among prisoners in a correctional institution in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia : a cross-sectional study Universiteit Gent
Is attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among men associated with initiation or escalation of substance use at 15-month follow-up? A longitudinal study involving young Swiss men Universiteit Antwerpen
Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys KU Leuven
EPA Guidance on tobacco dependence and strategies for smoking cessation in people with mental illness KU Leuven
The associations between psychotic experiences and substance use and substance use disorders: findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys KU Leuven
High-risk alcohol use and associated socio-demographic, health and psychosocial factors in patients with HIV infection in three primary health care clinics in South Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
Alcohol use may have a negative impact on the course of HIV disease and the effectiveness of its treatment. We studied patients with HIV who use alcohol and associated socio-demographic, health and psychosocial factors. Outcomes from this study may help in selecting patients from clinical practice with high-risk alcohol use and who are likely to benefit most from alcohol reduction interventions. In a cross sectional study in three primary ...
The effect of nicotine patches on craving in the brain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Smoking is a common phenomenon and kills over 6 million people every year. Many smokers try to quit smoking by using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Most of the time, relapse occurs in less than six months after finishing the program of NRT. We performed a single blinded study in which our aim was to figure out what the effect of the nicotine patch is on craving in the brain of smokers deprived from smoking.
METHODS: ...
The effect of snuff (smokeless tobacco) on disease activity and function in rheumatoid arthritis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether snuff (moist smokeless tobacco) affects disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to study the effect of snuff on disease activity and function in Swedish patients with early RA.
METHODS: Between 1992 and 2005, 2800 adult patients were included in the Better Anti-Rheumatic FarmacOTherapy (BARFOT) early RA study in Sweden. Disease Activity Score 28 joints (DAS28), ...
Nicotine does not compromise resting myocardial blood flow autoregulation in smokers at high cardiovascular risk Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Nicotine has been recognized for years as being pharmacologically responsible for the sympathoexcitatory effects of smoking. The effects of nicotine supplementation on myocardial blood flow as assessed by positron emission tomography are, however, unknown. We tested the hypothesis that nicotine substitution could interfere with myocardial blood flow autoregulation at rest in habitual smokers at risk of coronary artery disease. The short-term ...