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The global burden of traumatic amputation in 204 countries and territories

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundTraumatic amputation leads to disability and imposes a heavy health burden. This study aims to explore the current status and temporal trends of the global burden of traumatic amputation according to sex, age, amputation site, cause, and ...
Bei Yuan, Dong Hu, Suxi Gu, Songhua Xiao, Fei Song   +4 more
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The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021

BMC 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, Lander Willem, Jure Jurčević, Pierre Smith, Aline Scohy, Grant M. A. Wyper, Sara Monteiro Pires, Nina Van Goethem, Philippe Beutels, Nicolas Franco, Steven Abrams, Dieter Van Cauteren, Niko Speybroeck, Niel Hens, Robby De Pauw   +14 more
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Trends in disability prevalence over 10 years in older people living in Gloucestershire [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 2010
life expectancy in the UK appears to be growing faster than healthy life expectancy, which may imply that there are increasing years of disability. There are few sequential studies examining changes in disability amongst older people within a defined locality.the population aged 75 and over of 10 general practices in Gloucestershire was surveyed using ...
Donald IP, Foy C, Jagger C
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The global incidence and disability of eye injury: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019Research in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: The aim of the present study was to estimate the incidence, years lived with disability (YLDs), and cause of eye injury at global, regional, and national levels by age and sex based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and ...
Cong Li, Yongyan Fu, Shunming Liu, Honghua Yu, Xiaohong Yang, Meixia Zhang, Lei Liu   +6 more
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Years Lived with Disability due to COVID-19 in the capital of Serbia in 2020 and 2021 [PDF]

Eur J Public Health, 2023
Abstract Background Valid estimates of the national disease burden often lack during crises. They need to be improved to help assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the national public health system. To determine the magnitude of acute COVID-19 in Belgrade in 2020 and 2021, we estimated the total,
Šantrić Milićević, M, Rosić, N, Pavlović, N, Stevanović, A, Jovanović, V, Vujetić, M, Devleesschauwer, B, Anton, A, Von der Lippe, E, Rommel, A   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A narrative review on the burden of migraine: when the burden is the impact on people’s life

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2019
Background The burden of headache disorders, and of migraine in particular, is multifaceted and fragmented. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a description the main topics underlying the concepts of burden and impact of migraine disorders ...
Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi
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Functioning and disability in multiple sclerosis from the patient perspective [PDF]

, 2011
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has a great impact on functioning and disability. The perspective of those who experience the health problem has to be taken into account to obtain an in-depth understanding of functioning and disability.
Nicolaus König, Michaela Coenen, König, Nicolaus, Alarcos Cieza, Basedow-Rajwich, Birgit, Birgit Basedow-Rajwich, Cieza, Alarcos, Coenen, Michaela, Jürg Kesselring, Kesselring, Jürg   +9 more
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The burden of low back pain in Brazil: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study

Population Health Metrics, 2020
Background The prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are growing around the world, and low back pain (LBP) is the most significant of the five defined MSK disorders in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. LBP has been the leading
Caroline Nespolo de David, Lucas de Melo Castro Deligne, Rodolfo Souza da Silva, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Bruce B. Duncan, Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Ewerton Cousin   +6 more
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The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence

One Health, 2023
The majority of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, most of which are classified as “neglected”. By affecting both humans and animals, zoonoses pose a dual burden.
Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Christina Fastl, Sarah Gabriël, Delia Grace, Arie H. Havelaar, Ben Huntington, Grace T. Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Niko Speybroeck, Paul Torgerson, David M. Pigott, Brecht Devleesschauwer   +12 more
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The spatiotemporal dynamics of lung cancer: 30-year trends of epidemiology across 204 countries and territories

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background It has been established that lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths. This study sought to analyze the epidemiological trends of lung cancer over the past 30 years worldwide.
Xiang Chen, Shaoyan Mo, Bin Yi
doaj   +1 more source