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    Overview
    Acronym
    BNMDR
    Type of information
    Hospital resources & Healthcare resources
    Description

    The BNMDR project annually collects data from the 7 Belgian neuromuscular reference centers (NMRCs) to monitor the prevalence and course of 62 neuromuscular disease groups. It also supports the quality of care in the NMRCs through benchmarking and facilitates patient recruitment for clinical trials.

    Target population: Persons with a neuromuscular disease living in Belgium, followed at a neuromuscular reference center.

    Data collection started in 2008 and is still ongoing. 

    Funding

    RIZIV/INAMI

    Free keywords
    Neuromuscular disorders
    NMD
    Epidemiology
    Quality of care
    Topics
    Health systems » Health system performance » Quality » Care ;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Disability
    Country(ies):
    GEO coverage
    Nuts 1
    Target Population
    Patients
    Age range
    From 0 years
    Sex
    Both
    Language(s)
    Dutch,
    English,
    French
    Updating Periodicity
    Annually
    Personal Identifier
    Patient identifier
    Level of aggregation
    Individual
    Terms of data access

    The database includes information on selected sociodemographic characteristics (such as age, gender, place of residence and living status), diagnosis and functional status (including the ACTIVLIM PROM).

    Type of data: pseudonymised individual data. Data are not publicly accessible. Specific data (analyses) are provided upon request.

    Regulations for data sharing

    A data request from is in place. Approval of the BNMDR scientific committee is needed. Data requests are discussed with a Group of Experts. An anonymised data set can be shared.

    Linkage possible
    No
    Data Owner(s)
    Sciensano
    Contact name
    Sciensano
    Contact e-mail
    BNMDR@sciensano.be
    Contact info (address)

    Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels 

    https://www.sciensano.be/en

    Updated on 10 August 2022