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Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)

INTRODUCTION: With the lowest life expectancy in the Balkans, underlying causes of morbidity in Kosovo remain unclear due to limited epidemiological evidence. The goal of this cohort is to contribute epidemiological evidence for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases such as depress...

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Autores principales: Obas, Katrina Ann, Gerold, Jana, Bytyçi-Katanolli, Ariana, Jerliu, Naim, Kwiatkowski, Marek, Ramadani, Qamile, Statovci, Shukrije, Zahorka, Manfred, Probst-Hensch, Nicole
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038889
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author Obas, Katrina Ann
Gerold, Jana
Bytyçi-Katanolli, Ariana
Jerliu, Naim
Kwiatkowski, Marek
Ramadani, Qamile
Statovci, Shukrije
Zahorka, Manfred
Probst-Hensch, Nicole
author_facet Obas, Katrina Ann
Gerold, Jana
Bytyçi-Katanolli, Ariana
Jerliu, Naim
Kwiatkowski, Marek
Ramadani, Qamile
Statovci, Shukrije
Zahorka, Manfred
Probst-Hensch, Nicole
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description INTRODUCTION: With the lowest life expectancy in the Balkans, underlying causes of morbidity in Kosovo remain unclear due to limited epidemiological evidence. The goal of this cohort is to contribute epidemiological evidence for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases such as depression, hypertension, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease in Kosovo as the basis for policy and decision-making, with a spotlight on the relationships between non-experimental primary healthcare (PHC) interventions and lifestyle changes as well as between depression and the course of blood pressure. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: PHC users aged 40 years and above were recruited consecutively between March and October 2019 from 12 main family medicine centres across Kosovo. The data collected through interviews and health examinations included: sociodemographic characteristics, social and environmental factors, comorbidities, health system, lifestyle, psychological factors and clinical attributes (blood pressure, height, weight, waist/hip/neck circumferences, peak expiratory flow and HbA1c measurements). Cohort data were collected annually in two phases, approximately 6 months apart, with an expected total follow-up time of 5 years. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approvals were obtained from the Ethics Committee Northwest and Central Switzerland (Ref. 2018-00994) and the Kosovo Doctors Chamber (Ref. 11/2019). Cohort results will provide novel epidemiological evidence on non-communicable diseases in Kosovo, which will be published in scientific journals. The study will also examine the health needs of the people of Kosovo and provide evidence for health sector decision-makers to improve service responsiveness, which will be shared with stakeholders through reports and presentations.
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spelling pubmed-75099722020-10-05 Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO) Obas, Katrina Ann Gerold, Jana Bytyçi-Katanolli, Ariana Jerliu, Naim Kwiatkowski, Marek Ramadani, Qamile Statovci, Shukrije Zahorka, Manfred Probst-Hensch, Nicole BMJ Open Epidemiology INTRODUCTION: With the lowest life expectancy in the Balkans, underlying causes of morbidity in Kosovo remain unclear due to limited epidemiological evidence. The goal of this cohort is to contribute epidemiological evidence for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases such as depression, hypertension, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease in Kosovo as the basis for policy and decision-making, with a spotlight on the relationships between non-experimental primary healthcare (PHC) interventions and lifestyle changes as well as between depression and the course of blood pressure. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: PHC users aged 40 years and above were recruited consecutively between March and October 2019 from 12 main family medicine centres across Kosovo. The data collected through interviews and health examinations included: sociodemographic characteristics, social and environmental factors, comorbidities, health system, lifestyle, psychological factors and clinical attributes (blood pressure, height, weight, waist/hip/neck circumferences, peak expiratory flow and HbA1c measurements). Cohort data were collected annually in two phases, approximately 6 months apart, with an expected total follow-up time of 5 years. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approvals were obtained from the Ethics Committee Northwest and Central Switzerland (Ref. 2018-00994) and the Kosovo Doctors Chamber (Ref. 11/2019). Cohort results will provide novel epidemiological evidence on non-communicable diseases in Kosovo, which will be published in scientific journals. The study will also examine the health needs of the people of Kosovo and provide evidence for health sector decision-makers to improve service responsiveness, which will be shared with stakeholders through reports and presentations. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7509972/ /pubmed/32963070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038889 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Epidemiology
Obas, Katrina Ann
Gerold, Jana
Bytyçi-Katanolli, Ariana
Jerliu, Naim
Kwiatkowski, Marek
Ramadani, Qamile
Statovci, Shukrije
Zahorka, Manfred
Probst-Hensch, Nicole
Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title_full Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title_fullStr Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title_full_unstemmed Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title_short Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO)
title_sort study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in kosovo (kosco)
topic Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038889
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