Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices
Charalampous P. Haagsma J.A. Jakobsen L.S. Gorasso V. Noguer I. Padron-Monedero A. Sarmiento R. Santos J.V. McDonald S.A. Plass D. Wyper G.M.A. Assunção R. von der Lippe E. Ádám B. AlKerwi A. Arabloo J. Baltazar A.L. Bikbov B. Borrell-Pages M. Brus I. Burazeri G. Chaintoutis S.C. Chen-Xu J. Chkhaberidze N. Cilovic-Lagarija S. Corso B. Cuschieri S. Di Bari C. Dopelt K. Economou M. Emeto T.I. Fantke P. Fischer F. Freitas A. García-González J.M. Gazzelloni F. Gissler M. Gkitakou A. Gulmez H. Gunes S. Haller S. Haneef R. Hincapié C.A. Hynds P. Idavain J. Ilic M. Ilic I. Isola G. Kabir Z. Kamusheva M. Kolkhir P. Konar N.M. Kostoulas P. Kulimbet M. Vecchia C.L. Lauriola P. Levi M. Majer M. Mechili E.A. Monasta L. Mondello S. Laguna J.M. Nena E. Ng E.S.W. Nguewa P. Niranjan V. Nola I.A. O’Caoimh R. Obradović M. Pallari E. Peyroteo M. Pinheiro V. Pranjic N. Ortiz M.R. Riva S. Santoso C.M.A. Milicevic M.S. Schmitt T. Speybroeck N. Sprügel M. Steiropoulos P. Stevanovic A. Thygesen L.C. Tozija F. Unim B. Uysal H.B. Varga O. Vasic M. Vieira R.J. Yigit V. Devleesschauwer B. Pires S.M.
2022Cambridge University Press
Epidemiology and Infection
2022#151
This systematic literature review aimed to provide an overview of the characteristics and methods used in studies applying the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) concept for infectious diseases within European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and the United Kingdom. Electronic databases and grey literature were searched for articles reporting the assessment of DALY and its components. We considered studies in which researchers performed DALY calculations using primary epidemiological data input sources. We screened 3053 studies of which 2948 were excluded and 105 studies met our inclusion criteria. Of these studies, 22 were multi-country and 83 were single-country studies, of which 46 were from the Netherlands. Food- and water-borne diseases were the most frequently studied infectious diseases. Between 2015 and 2022, the number of burden of infectious disease studies was 1.6 times higher compared to that published between 2000 and 2014. Almost all studies (97%) estimated DALYs based on the incidence- and pathogen-based approach and without social weighting functions; however, there was less methodological consensus with regards to the disability weights and life tables that were applied. The number of burden of infectious disease studies undertaken across Europe has increased over time. Development and use of guidelines will promote performing burden of infectious disease studies and facilitate comparability of the results.
Burden of disease , disability-adjusted life years , infectious diseases , methodology , systematic review
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Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
Medicine School, University of Applied and Environmental Sciences, Bogota, Colombia
CINTESIS@RISE, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
MEDCIDS, Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Public Health Unit, Agrupamentos de Centro de Saúde Grande Porto V – Porto Ocidental, Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte, Porto, Portugal
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
Department for Exposure Assessment and Environmental Health Indicators, German Environment Agency, Berlin, Germany
School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Food and Nutrition Department, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Directorate of Health, Service Epidemiology and Statistics, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Health Management and Economics Research Center, Health Management Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Scientific-Pedagogical Unit of Dietetics and Nutrition, Coimbra Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Dipartimento di Politiche per la Salute, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Cardiovascular Program ICCC, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Public Health Unit, Primary Health Care Cluster Baixo Mondego, Coimbra, Portugal
Department of Medical Statistics, National Center for Disease Control, Public Health of Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
Institute for Public Health FB&H, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council, Padova, Italy
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Department of Public Health, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Public Health & Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Institute of Public Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Department of Sociology, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, London, United Kingdom
Department of Knowledge Brokers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Research Centre for Child Psychiatry and Invest Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Department of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir Democracy University, Izmir, Turkey
Department of Multidisciplinary Molecular Medicine, Graduate Institute, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Department of NonCommunicable Diseases and Injuries, Santé Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France
EBPI-UZWH Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Research Group, University of Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
University Spine Centre Zurich (UWZH), Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Department of Health Statistics, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Department of General Surgery and Surgical-Medical Specialties, School of Dentistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Public Health & Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Department of Organization & Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Kirsehir, Turkey
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Public Health, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece
Health Research Institute, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Atchabarov Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental Medicine, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Italian Network of Sentinel Physicians for the Environment (RIMSA), International Society Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), Federazione Nazione Ordine dei Medici (FNOMCeO), Arezzo, Italy
Epidemiology Unit, Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority Tuscany Centre, Florence, Italy
Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
Department of Healthcare, Faculty of Public Health, University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania
Institute of Maternal, Child Health – IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Laboratory of Social Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, ISTUN Institute of Tropical Health, IdiSNA (Navarra Institute for Health Research), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Mercy University Hospital, Grenville Place, Cork City, Ireland
Department of Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork, St Finbarr’s Hospital, Douglas road, Cork City, Ireland
Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Health Innovation Network, Minerva House, Montague Cl, London, United Kingdom
Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Public Health Unit, Matosinhos Local Health Unit, Matosinhos, Portugal
CINTESIS, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
School of Public and Population Health, Boise State University, Boise, United States
Department of Psychology and Pedagogic Science, St Mary’s University, London, United Kingdom
Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Institute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute, CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Faculty of Medicine, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases and Aging, Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Department of Internal Medicine, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Faculty of Dentistry Pancevo, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Pancevo, Serbia
Institute of Public Health of Serbia Dr Milan Jovanović Batut, Belgrade, Serbia
Department of Health Management, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
Department of Public Health
National Food Institute
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
National School of Public Health
Medicine School
CINTESIS@RISE
MEDCIDS
Public Health Unit
Centre for Infectious Disease Control
Department for Exposure Assessment and Environmental Health Indicators
School of Health & Wellbeing
Food and Nutrition Department
Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring
Institute of Public Health
Directorate of Health
Health Management and Economics Research Center
Scientific-Pedagogical Unit of Dietetics and Nutrition
Dipartimento di Politiche per la Salute
Cardiovascular Program ICCC
Department of Public Health
Diagnostic Laboratory
NOVA National School of Public Health
Public Health Unit
Department of Medical Statistics
Institute for Public Health FB&H
Neuroscience Institute
Department of Anatomy
Department of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Nursing
Public Health & Tropical Medicine
World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Quantitative Sustainability Assessment
Institute of Public Health
Department of Sociology
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Department of Knowledge Brokers
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery
Academic Primary Health Care Centre
Research Centre for Child Psychiatry and Invest Research Flagship
Department of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Multidisciplinary Molecular Medicine
Department of Medical Biology
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Department of NonCommunicable Diseases and Injuries
EBPI-UZWH Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Research Group
Epidemiology
University Spine Centre Zurich (UWZH)
Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute
Department of Health Statistics
Department of Epidemiology
Faculty of Medicine
Department of General Surgery and Surgical-Medical Specialties
Public Health & Epidemiology
Department of Organization & Economics of Pharmacy
Institute of Allergology
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Artificial Intelligence
Health Research Institute
Atchabarov Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental Medicine
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health
Italian Network of Sentinel Physicians for the Environment (RIMSA)
Epidemiology Unit
Andrija Štampar School of Public Health
Clinic of Social and Family Medicine
Department of Healthcare
Institute of Maternal
Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging
Laboratory of Social Medicine
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
School of Public Health
Department of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Gerontology and Rehabilitation
Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry
Health Innovation Network
Comprehensive Health Research Centre
Public Health Unit
CINTESIS
Department of Occupational Medicine
School of Public and Population Health
Department of Psychology and Pedagogic Science
Faculty of Public Health
Institute of Social Medicine
Department of International Health
Institute of Health and Society (IRSS)
Department of Neurology
Department of Respiratory Medicine
National Institute of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Faculty of Dentistry Pancevo
Institute of Public Health of Serbia Dr Milan Jovanović Batut
Department of Health Management
Department of Translational Physiology
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