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Katrien Vanthomme

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66 Results

2025

A nationwide exploration of social inequalities in cancer mortality amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic in Belgium

Yasmine KhanLaura Van den BorreDelphine De SmedtNick VerhaegheBrecht DevleesschauwerPatrick DeboosereKatrien VanthommeSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in CANCER MEDICINE

Employment and work ability in individuals living with rare diseases : a systematic literature review

Nicolas BougasTerhi KangasKatrien VanthommeJose Joaquín Mira SolvesGaël BruléHelene MellerioHadewijch VandenheedeAgnes Dumas

A1 Journal Article in ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES

Excess mortality among native Belgians and migrant groups in Belgium during the first three COVID-19 waves : the evolving dynamics of social inequalities

Katrien VanthommeSylvie GadeyneBrecht DevleesschauwerLaura Van den Borre

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG

General practitioners’ needs and preferences regarding the provision of self-sampling tests for cervical cancer screening in Flanders, Belgium

Eva GezelsSara WillemsKatrien VanthommeLien KeersseKaatje Van Roy

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Migrant and ethnic inequalities in cervical cancer screening : exploring the role of cultural health capital using data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey

Sarah DerveeuwKatrien VanthommeSara WillemsSorana Toma

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

The social determinants of health-related quality of life among people with chronic disease : a systematic literature review

Terhi KangasSara-Lynn MilisKatrien VanthommeHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium : the influence of pre-existing health status and social factors

Laura Van den BorreBrecht DevleesschauwerSylvie GadeyneKatrien VanthommeDidier Willaert

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Understanding the profile of community health workers in breast cancer screening education : women’s preferences and insights from a qualitative focus group study

Ilka JacobsDorien Vanden BosscheSara WillemsKatrien Vanthomme

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH

2024

Factors related to the return to work of head and neck cancer patients diagnosed between 2004–2011 in Belgium : a multivariate Fine-Gray regression model analysis

Maxim Van den BroeckeSarah de JongKatrien VanthommeRégine Kiasuwa MbengiChristophe Vanroelen

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Uncovering the toll of the first three COVID-19 waves : excess mortality and social patterns in Belgium

Laura Van den BorreSylvie GadeyneBrecht DevleesschauwerKatrien Vanthomme

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Unravelling demographic and socioeconomic patterns of COVID-19 death and other causes of death : results of an individual-level analysis of exhaustive cause of death data in Belgium, 2020

Lisa CavillotLaura Van den BorreKatrien VanthommeAline ScohyPatrick DeboosereBrecht DevleesschauwerNiko SpeybroeckSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2023

Correction : evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium : a Markov model study protocol

Yasmine KhanNick VerhaegheRobby De PauwBrecht DevleesschauwerSylvie GadeyneVanessa GorassoYolande LievensNiko SpeybroekNancy Van DammeMiet Vandemaele et al.

Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium : a Markov model study protocol

Yasmine KhanNick VerhaegheRobby De PauwBrecht DevleesschauwerSylvie GadeyneVanessa GorassoYolande LievensNiko SpeybroekNancy VandammeMiet Vandemaele et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium : protocol of the HELICON population data linkage

Robby De PauwLaura Van den BorreYouri BaeyensLisa CavillotSylvie GadeyneJinane GhattasDelphine De SmedtDavid JaminéYasmine KhanPatrick Lusyne et al.

A1 Journal Article in BMJ OPEN

Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium : the influence of health and social factors

L Van den BorreB DevleesschauwerS GadeyneKatrien VanthommeD Willaert

2022

An analysis of mortality rates for estimating undocumented migrants in Belgium

Johan SurkynAhmad Wali Ahmar YarDuha CeylanKatrien VanthommeTuba Bircan

Colorectal cancer incidence and survival inequalities among labour immigrants in Belgium during 2004–2013

Katrien VanthommeMichael RosskampHarlinde De SchutterHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

2021

A population-based study on mortality among Belgian immigrants during the first COVID-19 wave in Belgium : can demographic and socioeconomic indicators explain differential mortality?

Katrien VanthommeSylvie GadeynePatrick LusyneHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in SSM-POPULATION HEALTH

Are we really all in this together? The social patterning of mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium

Sylvie GadeyneLucia Rodriguez-LoureiroJohan SurkynWanda Van HemelrijckWilma NusselderPatrick LusyneKatrien Vanthomme

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH

Cancer risk among individuals of migrant origin in Belgium during the 2000s : evidence of migration as a 'cancer risk transition'?

Wanda M. J. Van HemelrijckMichael RosskampHarlinde De SchutterFreija VerdoodtKatrien Vanthomme

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Factors associated with return migration of first-generation immigrants in Belgium (2001-2011)

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE

Lung cancer incidence differences in migrant men in Belgium, 2004-2013 : histology-specific analyses

Katrien VanthommeMichael RosskampHarlinde De SchutterHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in BMC CANCER

2020

How to calculate time-to-event? Five methodological approaches using the 2011 census

Katrien VanthommeMariska BauwelinckJohan SurkynLaura Van den Borre

2019

Codeboek census 2011 en sterftedata : working paper no. 2019-03

Katrien Vanthomme

Migrant mortality differences in the 2000s in Belgium : interaction with gender and the role of socioeconomic position

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH

Trends in Belgian cause-specific mortality by migrant origin between the 1990s and the 2000s

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch Vandenheede

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Unemployment and cause-specific mortality among the Belgian working-age population : the role of social context and gender

Katrien VanthommeSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2018

Parental and/or personal socioeconomic circumstances : how to explain site-specific cancer mortality inequalities among young Belgian adults

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornSylvie Gadeyne

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CANCER SCIENCE AND CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS

Socioeconomic position, population density and site-specific cancer mortality : a multilevel analysis of Belgian adults, 2001-2011

Paulien HagedoornHadewijch VandenheedeKatrien VanthommeSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

2017

Evolution of educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality among Belgian men between the 1990s and 2000s using a 'fundamental cause' perspective

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in BMC CANCER

Evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality among Belgian women between 1991 and 2008 using a fundamental cause approach

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL

Results of the Belgian Sentinel Network of general practitioners on the involvement of therapists in stroke rehabilitation

Silke FrancoisViviane Van CasterenKatrien VanthommeLiesbeth BorgermansDirk Devroey

A1 Journal Article in NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Site-specific cancer mortality inequalities by employment and occupational groups : a cohort study among Belgian adults, 2001-2011

Katrien VanthommeLaura Van den BorreHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in BMJ OPEN

The social distribution of cancer in Belgium : social inequalities in cancer mortality around the turn of the century : a fundamental cause perspective

Katrien VanthommeSylvie GadeyneHadewijch Vandenheede

2016

A cohort study into head and neck cancer mortality in Belgium (2001-11) : are individual socioeconomic differences conditional on area deprivation?

Paulien HagedoornHadewijch VandenheedeKatrien VanthommeDidier WillaertSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in ORAL ONCOLOGY

Is cancer mortality associated with individual and area-level deprivation (Belgium 2001-11)?

P HagedoornH VandenheedeKatrien VanthommeS Gadeyne

Regional inequalities in lung cancer mortality in Belgium at the beginning of the 21st century : the contribution of individual and area-level socioeconomic status and industrial exposure

Paulien HagedoornHadewijch VandenheedeDidier WillaertKatrien VanthommeSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Socioeconomic disparities in lung cancer mortality in Belgian men and women (2001-2011) : does it matter who you live with?

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Trends in site- and sex-specific cancer mortality between 1979 and 2010 in Belgium compared with Europe using WHO data

Katrien VanthommeHadewijch VandenheedePaulien HagedoornPatrick DeboosereSylvie Gadeyne

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2015

Care trajectories are associated with quality improvement in the treatment of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes : a registry based cohort study

Geert GoderisViviane Van CasterenEtienne DeclercqNathalie BossuytCarine Van den BroekeKatrien VanthommeSarah MoreelsFrank NobelsChantal MathieuFrank Buntinx

A1 Journal Article in PRIMARY CARE DIABETES

Does the Belgian diabetes type 2 care trajectory improve quality of care for diabetes patients?

Viviane F. A. Van CasterenNathalie H. E. BossuytSarah J. S. MoreelsGeert GoderisKatrien VanthommeJohan WensEtienne W De Clercq

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Trends in educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality among Belgian men : 1990s-2000s

Katrien VanthommeH VandenheedeP HagedoornS Gadeyne

2014

Availability of informal caregivers in surviving stroke patients in Belgium

Silke FrancoisLiesbeth BorgermansViviane Van CasterenKatrien VanthommeDirk Devroey

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES

Falls among older general practice patients : a 2-year nationwide surveillance study

Nicole BoffinSarah MoreelsKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A1 Journal Article in FAMILY PRACTICE

Regional and socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in Belgium, 2001-2009

P HagedoornH VandenheedeKatrien VanthommeS Gadeyne

What determines inclusion in the early phase of the type 2 diabetes care trajectory in Belgium?

Katrien VanthommeNathalie BossuytSarah MoreelsNicole BoffinEtienne De ClercqGeert GoderisViviane Van Casteren

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2013

ACHIL : methodology of the evaluation of the national care trajectory diabetes

J. WensN. BossuytE. De ClercqG. GoderisS. MoreelsKatrien VanthommeS. BartholomeeusenV. Van Casteren

De zorgtrajecten diabetes mellitus type 2 en chronische nierinsufficiëntie : impact op de kwaliteit van zorg

Viviane Van CasterenNathalie BossuytSarah MoreelsKatrien VanthommeGeert GoderisEtienne De Clercq

Referral to palliative care in COPD and other chronic diseases : a population-based study

Kim BeernaertJoachim CohenLuc DeliensDirk DevroeyKatrien VanthommeKoen PardonLieve Van den Block

A1 Journal Article in RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Routinely-collected general practice data from the electronic patient record and general practitioner active electronic questioning method : a comparative study

Etienne De ClercqSarah MoreelsNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeGeert GoderisViviane Van Casteren

2012

ACHIL en de RIZIV-zorgtrajecten diabetes mellitus type 2 en chronische nierinsufficiëntie

Viviane Van CasterenGeert GoderisJ. WensSarah MoreelsKatrien VanthommeS BartholomeeusenNathalie Bossuyt

A4 Journal Article in MEDI-SFEER

ACHIL et les trajets de soins INAMI pour le diabète de type 2 et l’insuffisance rénale chronique

Viviane Van CasterenGeert GoderisE. De ClercqJ. WensSarah MoreelsKatrien VanthommeS BartholomeeusenNathalie Bossuyt

A4 Journal Article in MEDI-SFEER

Diabetesprevalentie in België : vergelijking van beschikbare data

Johan Van Der HeydenHélène MimilidisS BartholomeeusenKatrien VanthommeViviane Van CasterenJ. Tafforeau

A4 Journal Article in VLAAMS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR DIABETOLOGIE

Epidemiologie van windpokken en zona vastgesteld door huisartsen : 2006-2010

Martine SabbeKatrien VanthommeG TopViviane Van Casteren

A4 Journal Article in VLAAMS INFECTIEZIEKTEBULLETIN

Incidence and management of presumption of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium : recent data from the sentinel network of general practitioners

Katrien VanthommeN. BossuytN. BoffinV. Casteren

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Incidence, patient characteristics and treatment initiated for GP-diagnosed depression in general practice : results of a 1-year nationwide surveillance study

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytTom DeclercqKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A1 Journal Article in FAMILY PRACTICE

Short-term follow-up of patients diagnosed by their GP with mild depression or first-time moderate depression : results of a 1-year nationwide surveilance study

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeChantal Van AudenhoveViviane Van Casteren

A1 Journal Article in FAMILY PRACTICE

2011

Belgian health-related data in three international databases

Katrien VanthommeD WalckiersH Van Oyen

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Declining rates of suicidal behavior among general practice patients in Belgium : results from sentinel surveillance between 1993 and 2008

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH

Epidemiologie van de ziekte van Lyme vastgesteld door huisartsen in 2008 en 2009

Katrien VanthommeNathalie BossuytNicole BoffinViviane Van Casteren

A4 Journal Article in VLAAMS INFECTIEZIEKTEBULLETIN

Surveillance des comportements suicidaires par le réseau de la Médecine Générale

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A2 Journal Article in REVUE DE LA MEDECINE GENERALE

Zijn de Belgische peilartsen klaar om gegevens te leveren uit hun EMD?

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A2 Journal Article in HUISARTS NU (BERCHEM)

2010

Availability of health related data for Belgium in three international databases

Katrien VanthommeDenise WalckiersHerman Van Oyen

Een eerste stap naar het meten van de performantie van het Belgische gezondheidszorgsysteem

J VlayenKatrien VanthommeCécile CamberlinJulien PiérartDenise WalckiersLaurence KohnImgard VinckAlain DenisP. MeeusHerman Van Oyen et al.

Inventarisatie en analyse van de bestaande databronnen en indicatoren om als lidstaat van de Europese Unie te kunnen voldoen aan de wetenschappelijke vereisten van het Europese systeem van gezondheidsindicatoren

Johan Van BusselKatrien VanthommeLaila HigaziHerman Van OyenDenise Walckiers

Readiness of the Belgian network of sentinel general practitioners to deliver electronic health record data for surveillance purposes: results of survey study

Nicole BoffinNathalie BossuytKatrien VanthommeViviane Van Casteren

A1 Journal Article in BMC FAMILY PRACTICE