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  1. Article ; Online: Do optimism and moralization predict vaccination? A five-wave longitudinal study.

    Delporte, Margaux / Luyts, Martial / Molenberghs, Geert / Verbeke, Geert / Demarest, Stefaan / Hoorens, Vera

    Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

    2023  Volume 42, Issue 8, Page(s) 603–614

    Abstract: Objective: To examine if personal and comparative optimism, perceived effectiveness, and moralization of vaccination predict people's decision to get vaccinated.: Methods: We measured self-reported vaccination decisions in a five-wave longitudinal ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To examine if personal and comparative optimism, perceived effectiveness, and moralization of vaccination predict people's decision to get vaccinated.
    Methods: We measured self-reported vaccination decisions in a five-wave longitudinal study (
    Results: The actual availability of vaccines changed people's outlook on vaccination. Marked differences emerged in vaccination decision between linguistic-cultural regions (Flemish Region, Walloon Region, Brussels Capital Region). Personal and comparative optimism predicted vaccination decisions to different extents depending on participants' age and on whether the optimism was for infection, severe disease, or a good outcome. In older participants, vaccination decision was mostly predicted by personal optimism; in younger participants, it was mostly predicted by comparative optimism. Moralizing vaccination predicted a
    Conclusions: Assessments of risk perception serving to inform vaccination campaigns should differentiate between expectations concerning the risk of infection and expectations concerning the outcome of an infection. Public health messages should address comparative optimism, particularly when targeting younger populations. Contrary to popular belief, moralizing vaccination may reduce the willingness to get vaccinated. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Aged ; Longitudinal Studies ; Pandemics ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Vaccination ; Self Report
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 226369-5
    ISSN 1930-7810 ; 0278-6133
    ISSN (online) 1930-7810
    ISSN 0278-6133
    DOI 10.1037/hea0001272
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  2. Article ; Online: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 passes and mandates on disease transmission, vaccination intention, and uptake: a scoping review.

    Natalia, Yessika Adelwin / Delporte, Margaux / De Witte, Dries / Beutels, Philippe / Dewatripont, Mathias / Molenberghs, Geert

    BMC public health

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 2279

    Abstract: Purpose: Policymakers have struggled to maintain SARS-CoV-2 transmission at levels that are manageable to contain the COVID-19 disease burden while enabling a maximum of societal and economic activities. One of the tools that have been used to ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Policymakers have struggled to maintain SARS-CoV-2 transmission at levels that are manageable to contain the COVID-19 disease burden while enabling a maximum of societal and economic activities. One of the tools that have been used to facilitate this is the so-called "COVID-19 pass". We aimed to document current evidence on the effectiveness of COVID-19 passes, distinguishing their indirect effects by improving vaccination intention and uptake from their direct effects on COVID-19 transmission measured by the incidence of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
    Methods: We performed a scoping review on the scientific literature of the proposed topic covering the period January 2021 to September 2022, in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines for scoping reviews.
    Results: Out of a yield of 4,693 publications, 45 studies from multiple countries were retained for full-text review. The results suggest that implementing COVID-19 passes tends to reduce the incidence of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths due to COVID-19. The use of COVID-19 passes was also shown to improve overall vaccination uptake and intention, but not in people who hold strong anti-COVID-19 vaccine beliefs.
    Conclusion: The evidence from the literature we reviewed tends to indicate positive direct and indirect effects from the use of COVID-19 passes. A major limitation to establishing this firmly is the entanglement of individual effects of multiple measures being implemented simultaneously.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Intention ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; Vaccination
    Chemical Substances COVID-19 Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Systematic Review ; Review ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041338-5
    ISSN 1471-2458 ; 1471-2458
    ISSN (online) 1471-2458
    ISSN 1471-2458
    DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-17203-4
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  3. Article ; Online: Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study.

    De Witte, Dries / Delporte, Margaux / Molenberghs, Geert / Verbeke, Geert / Demarest, Stefaan / Hoorens, Vera

    Social science & medicine (1982)

    2022  Volume 317, Page(s) 115595

    Abstract: Rationale: Research on health-related self-uniqueness beliefs suggested that these beliefs might predict adherence to precautions against COVID-19.: Objective: We examined if comparative optimism (believing that one is less at less than others), self- ...

    Abstract Rationale: Research on health-related self-uniqueness beliefs suggested that these beliefs might predict adherence to precautions against COVID-19.
    Objective: We examined if comparative optimism (believing that one is less at less than others), self-superiority (believing that one already adheres better to precautions than others), and egocentric impact perception (believing that adverse events affect oneself more than others) predicted intended adherence to precautions.
    Method: We measured self-reported intentions, optimism for self and others, perceived past adherence by self and others, and perceived impact of the measures and the disease on self and others in a 5-wave longitudinal study in December 2020-May 2021 (N ≈ 5000/wave). The sample was in key respects representative for the Belgian population. We used joint models to examine the relationship between self-uniqueness beliefs and intended adherence to the precautions.
    Results: Believing that COVID-19 would affect one's own life more than average (egocentric impact perception) was associated with higher intentions to adhere to precautions, as was believing that the precautions affected one's life less than average (allocentric impact perception). Self-superiority concerning past adherence to precautions and comparative optimism concerning infection with COVID-19 were associated with higher intended adherence, regardless of whether their non-comparative counterparts (descriptive norm, i.e., perceived adherence to precautions by others, and personal optimism, respectively) were controlled for. Comparative optimism for severe disease and for good outcome were associated with lower intended adherence if personal optimism was not controlled for, but with higher intended adherence if it was controlled for.
    Conclusion: Self-uniqueness beliefs predict intended adherence to precautions against COVID-19, but do so in different directions.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19 ; Longitudinal Studies ; Self Report ; Optimism ; Intention
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 4766-1
    ISSN 1873-5347 ; 0037-7856 ; 0277-9536
    ISSN (online) 1873-5347
    ISSN 0037-7856 ; 0277-9536
    DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115595
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  4. Article ; Online: A longitudinal perspective on perceived vulnerability to disease during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

    Delporte, Margaux / De Coninck, David / d'Haenens, Leen / Luyts, Martial / Verbeke, Geert / Molenberghs, Geert / Matthijs, Koen

    Health promotion international

    2023  Volume 38, Issue 2

    Abstract: During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, individuals relied heavily on media sources to stay informed about the disease and public health measures. However, differences exist in the type and frequency of news media consumption, which can be linked ... ...

    Abstract During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, individuals relied heavily on media sources to stay informed about the disease and public health measures. However, differences exist in the type and frequency of news media consumption, which can be linked to their perceived vulnerability to disease. In this longitudinal study, 1000 Flemish (Belgium) individuals were followed from March 2020 until September 2020, focussing on the evolution in perceived vulnerability to disease (i.e. perceived infectability and germ aversion). Media consumption significantly impacts perceived germ aversion; heavy consumers of commercial media reported greater germ aversion than light consumers of these media. The evolution of germ aversion among individuals from March to August depends on their gender, living environment, age and possibility to work from home. Furthermore, the evolution of perceived infectability depends on the age and living environment of the respondent. These findings may interest policy makers and media professionals to anticipate how anxieties regarding contracting an infectious disease evolve over time and how individual characteristics affect this evolution.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Belgium/epidemiology ; Longitudinal Studies ; Communicable Diseases
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1027448-0
    ISSN 1460-2245 ; 0957-4824
    ISSN (online) 1460-2245
    ISSN 0957-4824
    DOI 10.1093/heapro/daad026
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  5. Article: Normal tension glaucoma: A dynamic optical coherence tomography angiography study.

    Van Eijgen, Jan / Heintz, Alexander / van der Pluijm, Claire / Delporte, Margaux / De Witte, Dries / Molenberghs, Geert / Barbosa-Breda, João / Stalmans, Ingeborg

    Frontiers in medicine

    2023  Volume 9, Page(s) 1037471

    Abstract: Purpose: Vascular dysregulation seems to play a role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma, in particular normal tension glaucoma (NTG). The development of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) enabled the measurement of the retinal microvasculature ...

    Abstract Purpose: Vascular dysregulation seems to play a role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma, in particular normal tension glaucoma (NTG). The development of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) enabled the measurement of the retinal microvasculature non-invasively and with high repeatability. Nonetheless, only a few studies transformed OCTA into a dynamic examination employing a sympathomimetic stimulus. The goal of this study was to use this dynamic OCTA exam (1) to differentiate healthy individuals from glaucoma patients and (2) to distinguish glaucoma subcategories, NTG and high-tension primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).
    Methods: Retinal vessel density (VD) in NTG patients (
    Results: At baseline, mean peripapillary VD was lower in POAG and NTG (42.6 and 48.5%) compared to healthy controls (58.1%;
    Conclusion: Retinal VD loss in glaucoma patients was confirmed and the necessity to correct for gender, age and especially MAP was established. Although replication in a larger population is necessary, OCTA might not be the most suitable method to dynamically evaluate the retinal microvasculature.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2775999-4
    ISSN 2296-858X
    ISSN 2296-858X
    DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.1037471
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  6. Article: Longitudinal Alterations in Gait Features in Growing Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

    Vandekerckhove, Ines / Van den Hauwe, Marleen / De Beukelaer, Nathalie / Stoop, Elze / Goudriaan, Marije / Delporte, Margaux / Molenberghs, Geert / Van Campenhout, Anja / De Waele, Liesbeth / Goemans, Nathalie / De Groote, Friedl / Desloovere, Kaat

    Frontiers in human neuroscience

    2022  Volume 16, Page(s) 861136

    Abstract: Prolonging ambulation is an important treatment goal in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Three-dimensional gait analysis (3DGA) could provide sensitive parameters to study the efficacy of clinical trials aiming to preserve ambulation. ... ...

    Abstract Prolonging ambulation is an important treatment goal in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Three-dimensional gait analysis (3DGA) could provide sensitive parameters to study the efficacy of clinical trials aiming to preserve ambulation. However, quantitative descriptions of the natural history of gait features in DMD are first required. The overall goal was to provide a full delineation of the progressive gait pathology in children with DMD, covering the entire period of ambulation, by performing a so-called mixed cross-sectional longitudinal study. Firstly, to make our results comparable with previous literature, we aimed to cross-sectionally compare 31 predefined gait features between children with DMD and a typically developing (TD) database (1). Secondly, we aimed to explore the longitudinal changes in the 31 predefined gait features in growing boys with DMD using follow-up 3DGA sessions (2). 3DGA-sessions (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-02
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2425477-0
    ISSN 1662-5161
    ISSN 1662-5161
    DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2022.861136
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