A5067862402- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Bone health and treatments
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Magnesium in Health and Disease
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Microscopic Colitis
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Health, psychology, and well-being
University of Messina
2015-2025
Magna Graecia University
2023
University of Catania
2021
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino"
2020
University of Genoa
1994
Age-related medical conditions are increasing worldwide. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represents a chronic disease, which affects large amount of general population, accounting for over 90% diabetes (DM) cases.As psychopathological symptoms frequently occur in conditions, our study aimed at exploring whether psychological factors and metabolic control may affect health related quality life (HRQoL).Forty five patients with T2DM were consecutively recruited assessed psychodiagnostic...
INTRODUCTION: Clinical psychological features may impact person’s aptitude to deal with chronic diseases, leading emotional distress, suffering, and worst perceived quality of life (QoL). Chronic diseases are largely represented, their incidence is constantly increasing all over the world. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) one most common it very difficult manage with, demanding long self-management which improve life. The aim this study was explore defense mechanisms, depression, QoL, time...
Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) dramatically increased breast cancer (BC) survival, leading to enhanced attention their long-term consequences on psychological functioning. Conflicting data has been examined regarding the association between AIs administration and clinical features in BC survivors (BCSs).As symptoms often occur such chronic diseases, our study aimed at exploring anxious depressive perceived quality of life (QoL) BCSs assessed for osteoporosis.The total sample consisted a 51...
A comprehensive investigation of psychological features in chronic patients is very important for tailoring effective treatments. In this study we tested anxiety, depression, health related quality life (HR-QoL), alexithymia, coping styles, and defense mechanisms, eighty-four with Crohn disease (CD) ulcerative colitis (UC). Participants reported low to moderate HRQoL apart from alexithymia. Women experienced lower QoL higher levels anxiety depressive symptoms. Coping strategies were distress...
Disorders of calcium metabolism are frequently encountered in routine clinical practice. However limited data available on the epidemiology hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia hospitalized patients. Our aim was to evaluate frequency This is a retrospective study based laboratory results all subjects (n = 12,334) whose calcemia determined between January 1st, 2011 December 31st, 2014. Measurements serum were carried out by single centralized laboratory. Hypocalcemia defined as levels <8.2 mg/dl...
There has been increasing interest in the association of psychiatric disorders with fracture risk. This study aimed at investigating role severity anxiety bone health.Multiple clinical risk factors for fractures, Fracture Risk Assessment Tool score, mineral density (BMD) lumbar spine and femoral neck, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) scores, Beck Depression Inventory 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) scores evaluation quality life were determined, x-ray vertebral morphometry was...
Background: Sepsis is a critical condition characterized by severe immune dysregulation, ranking among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in intensive care internal medicine units. Nutritional status plays pivotal role modulating these responses, as when inadequate it can compromise defenses, body's ability to handle stress inflammation, clinical course. Malnutrition frequently observed septic patients strongly associated with worse outcomes, including increased mortality,...
Backgrounds: Psychological factors may affect patients’ ability to cope with chronic illness, which occur a high incidence as they represent age related disorder. Anxiety, depression and alexithymia could specifically interfere compliance adherence leading predictable consequences predicting morbidity mortality independently of several confounders. The present work aims at investigating the relationship between affective dimension such anxiety levels, health quality life in T2DM patients....
Older adults denoted one of the populations that mostly suffered from consequences COVID-19 pandemic. The cost confinement was paid in terms social isolation, distance relatives and friends, lack support, limited access to healthcare system, which had a negative impact on health older with comorbidities frailty.The purpose present study report pandemic cognitive performances, functional status, health-related quality life among frail outpatients, compared pre-pandemic status.The current...
Quality of life (QoL) represents a dramatic issue in an aging population. Vitamin D has been consistently associated with several diseases. Thus, vitamin may be considered hallmark health status. Our aim was to investigate whether could determinant self-perceived quality life. The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) for life, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Beck Depression Inventory II edition (BDI-II), addition multiple clinical risk factors fractures and FRAX score, BMD at...
Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic disabling that affect patient health-related quality of life (HRQoL). IBD patients frequently exposed to high levels stress psychological distress. Biological drugs have been proven reduce inflammation, hospitalization, most the complications characterize IBDs; their potential contribution patients’ HRQoL remains be explored. Aim: To evaluate compare any change in markers...