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Els Clays is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, with an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their scholarly output includes 54 publications in Medicine and 49 in Health Professions, reflecting a focus on both broad medical science and specialized health care disciplines.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple subfields, including General Health Professions, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Social Psychology. These domains illustrate a multidisciplinary approach to health research, combining physiological, pharmacological, and social perspectives.

Research topics covered by Els Clays reflect interests in workplace and occupational health as well as public health challenges. Their main topics of work include:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Els Clays has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, indicating sustained research partnerships. These include Dirk De Bacquer, Margo Ketels, Delphine De Smedt, Andreas Holtermann, and Larissa Bolliger.

The scientist's publications have appeared in prominent venues such as:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • Research Square

Selected recent papers include:

  • "The effect of exposure to long working hours on ischaemic heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury" (2020, Environment International)
  • "Living with a chronic disease: insights from patients with a low socioeconomic status" (2021, BMC Family Practice)
  • "Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions" (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "The effect of exposure to long working hours on alcohol consumption, risky drinking and alcohol use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury" (2020, Environment International)
  • "Polypharmacy and Health-Related Quality of Life/Psychological Distress Among Patients With Chronic Disease" (2022, Preventing Chronic Disease)

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson

  • Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke : a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Markus Jokela;Solja T. Nyberg;Archana Singh-Manoux;Archana Singh-Manoux

  • Rotating shift work and the metabolic syndrome: a prospective study

    D De Bacquer;M Van Risseghem;E Clays;F Kittel

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity: An Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of Up to 170,000 Men and Women: The IPD-Work Consortium

    Eleonor I Fransson;Katriina Heikkila;Solja T Nyberg;Marie Zins

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;G David Batty;Markus Jokela

  • Long Working Hours and Alcohol Use: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Studies and Unpublished Individual Participant Data

    Marianna Virtanen;Markus Jokela;Solja T Nyberg;Ida E H Madsen

  • Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors : Meta-Analysis of Individual-Participant Data from 47,000 Men and Women

    Solja T. Nyberg;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Katriina Heikkilä;Lars Alfredsson;Lars Alfredsson

  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Cristina Taddei;Bin Zhou;Honor Bixby;Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco

  • Malnutrition and associated factors in elderly hospital patients : a Belgian cross-sectional, multi-centre study

    Katrien Vanderwee;Els Clays;Ilse Bocquaert;Micheline Gobert

  • Job stress and depression symptoms in middle-aged workers--prospective results from the Belstress study.

    Els Clays;Dirk De Bacquer;Francoise Leynen;Marcel Kornitzer

  • Job strain in relation to body mass index: pooled analysis of 160 000 adults from 13 cohort studies

    S T Nyberg;K Heikkilä;E I Fransson;E I Fransson;L Alfredsson

  • Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies: the IPD-Work consortium

    Eleonor I Fransson;Eleonor I Fransson;Solja T Nyberg;Katriina Heikkilä;Lars Alfredsson

  • Job Strain and Tobacco Smoking: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 166 130 Adults in 15 European Studies

    Katriina Heikkilä;Solja T. Nyberg;Eleonor I. Fransson;Lars Alfredsson

  • Children's heart rate variability as stress indicator: association with reported stress and cortisol.

    Nathalie Michels;Isabelle Sioen;Isabelle Sioen;Els Clays;Marc De Buyzere

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease

    Mika Kivimäki;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Eleonor I Fransson

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;Markus Jokela

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Reiner Rugulies
Reiner Rugulies University of Copenhagen
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Töres Theorell
Töres Theorell Karolinska Institute
Dermot O'Reilly
Dermot O'Reilly Queen's University Belfast
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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