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Burden of autism spectrum disorders in North Africa and Middle East from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a range of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect the patient's communication and behavior.
Sepideh Ebrahimi Meimand   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents

open access: yesPopulation Health Metrics, 2021
Background Disability weights (DWs) are weight factors that reflect the severity of health states for estimates of disability-adjusted life years. A new set of global DWs was published for the Global Burden of Diseases and Injuries (GBD) 2013 study ...
Shuhei Nomura   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living in interesting times - Challenging protein metabolism in the era of the epidemiological shift [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The recently released results of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 reveal that during the past 23 years, metabolic and behavioral risk factors, including high BMI, increased their impact on global mortality and disability-
Laviano, Alessandro
core   +1 more source

National Burden of Disease and Study in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
Background:  The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease and injury in Iran for the year 2003, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) at the national level.
N Jafari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of disease burden in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020 based on disability-adjusted life years

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue, 2023
ObjectiveTo analyze the disease burden in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020, and to provide reference for disease prevention and control.MethodsMonitoring data on causes of death in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020 were collected.
WEN Xiaoyan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of physical fitness training for stroke survivors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Physical fitness is impaired after stroke, yet fitness training after stroke reduces disability. Several international guidelines recommend that fitness training be incorporated as part of stroke rehabilitation. However, information about cost-
Clifton, E.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Time‐resolved dynamic disability adjusted life‐years estimation

open access: yesIndoor Air, 2022
The quantification of how healthy the indoor air is, is a complex issue comprising of a large number of contaminants of various sources. The health implication of exposure to each of the contaminant deemed of importance can be expressed using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
Klaas De Jonge, Jelle Laverge
openaire   +3 more sources

The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Burden of disease estimates have become important population health metrics over the past decade to measure losses in health. In Belgium, the disease burden caused by COVID-19 has not yet been estimated, although COVID-19 has emerged as one of
Brecht Devleesschauwer   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

What are Disability-Adjusted Life Years? [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Public Health, 2013
The Disability-Adjusted Life Year or DALY is a summary measure of public health widely used to quantify burden of disease. In the DALY philosophy, every person is born with a certain number of life years potentially lived in optimal health. People may lose these healthy life years through living with illness and/or through dying before a reference life
N Praet   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, and provision of services ...
Gill, Paramjit   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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