Bert Aertgeerts

..To determine the prevalence of alcohol problems in first-year college students...

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..Early identification of alcohol abuse or dependence is important in general practice because many diseases are influenced by alcohol. General practitioners, however, fail to recognise most patients with alcohol problems...

..6%) were alcohol-dependent. Of the students who met criteria of alcohol dependence, 62.5% failed in their first year, compared to 50% among students who did not report these drinking problems...

..To assess the diagnostic performance of the CAGE and AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) and its derivatives, and laboratory tests for screening alcohol abuse or dependence in a male medical hospital population...

..To perform a meta-analysis to assess diagnostic characteristics of the CAGE in screening for alcohol abuse or dependence in a general clinical population and to test a new method for pooling of ROC curves...

..Chest pain is an initial symptom for several minor diseases but acute myocardial infarction (AMI) should not be missed...

..Owing to the risks of ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, urgent transport should be organized under safe conditions, that is, with a defibrillator at hand...

..In children with an acute illness, the primary care physician uses signs and symptoms to assess the probability of a serious infection and decide on further management...

..Computerized morbidity registration networks might serve as early warning systems in a time where natural epidemics such as the H1N1 flu can easily spread from one region to another...

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..The aim of our study was to identify GPs' reasons for referring or not referring patients presenting with chest pain...

..These patients are at risk of mortality and should be recognized and referred to secondary care. Aim. To determine the relationship between referral type and mortality in patients with chest pain...

..Our aim was to identify which clinical features have value in confirming or excluding the possibility of serious infection in children presenting to ambulatory care settings in developed countries...

..We aimed to examine the diagnostic accuracy of these rules in multiple ambulatory care populations in Europe...

..There is a need to reach a larger population of physicians (including physicians who never used the system or stopped using the system) to validate the results of this survey...

..Systems that aggregate knowledge while participants play a game are one class of human computation applications. Researchers have already proven that these games with a purpose are effective in building common sense knowledge databases...

..Many studies are performed in specialized settings with a strong focus on schizophrenia. Somatic comorbidity after psychosis is studied, using a general practice comorbidity registration network...

..We therefore estimated the incidence of serious infections in general practice in Belgium...

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..Although context-specific, the problem tree can assist policy makers working in health care systems with similar characteristics in formulating objectives and developing strategies that facilitate EBP in the field of psychiatric care...

..This study investigated the effect of conventional first aid training versus conventional training plus supplementary training aimed at decreasing barriers to helping...

..Little is known which signs and symptoms are important in general practice. With this qualitative study, we aimed to identify possible new important diagnostic variables...

..This conclusion implies a considerable risk towards inappropriate investments in ineffective implementation interventions and in suboptimal care...

..To identify a critical appraisal tool for clinical practice guidelines that could serve as a basis for the development of an appraisal tool for clinical pathways...

..We presumed the heartscan, a handheld wireless device, to be of value to a GP in emergency situations. We therefore studied inter- and intra-observer variability and the accuracy of the screen readings...

..We will address the principle of consent (broad versus specific) and the type of data recorded (anonymous, encoded and identifiable) for both biobanks...

..Here we describe whether diagnostic research is validated, which technique is used, and to what extent the validation study results differ from the original...

..Prompt diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome is very important...

..The diagnostic value and the impact of some signs and symptoms in most diseases in primary care have only been studied incompletely...

..This paper reports a study to explore the barriers to evidence-based nursing among Flemish (Belgian) nurses...

..Quality of life (QoL) is an important outcome measure in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), a condition for which homeopathy is frequently used...

..A third hypothesis was that patients who used the IDCT in an Advanced quality Improvement Program (AQIP) would have significantly better outcomes compared to users of a Usual Quality Improvement Program (UQIP)...

..This study aims to explore the barriers of Flemish GPs (General Practitioners) to the implementation of EBM in routine clinical work and to identify possible strategies for integrating EBM in daily work...

..The project aimed to search for online evidence in a structured way in consultation with the patient, to investigate whether the evidence discovered changed decisions...

..The obstacles identified are considered useful to support future quantitative research that can be generalized to a broader group...