A5025560417- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Nursing care and research
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Nursing education and management
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health, psychology, and well-being
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2016-2025
Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Per lo Sviluppo sostenibile
2025
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2025
Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana
2023-2024
RELX Group (United States)
2023-2024
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Alessandria
2022
Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
2022
Clínica Santa María
2015-2020
Policlinico Tor Vergata
2018
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2018
Aim and objectives To assess the prevalence of anxiety, sleep disorders self-efficacy their predicting factors among nurses facing COVID-19. Background The spread COVID-19 throughout world determined a series modifications several National Health Service organisations, with potential psychological consequences nurses, who were particularly afflicted by this situation changes precariousness. Design A cross-sectional study was carried out from February–April 2020. Methods total 1,005 employed...
The Italian Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology conceived this guidance—which is primarily addressed to orthopedic surgeons, but should also prove useful other bone specialists general practitioners—in order improve the diagnosis, prevention, treatment of osteoporosis its consequences. Literature reviews by a multidisciplinary team. following topics are covered: role instrumental, metabolic, genetic evaluations in diagnosis osteoporosis; appraisal risk fracture thresholds intervention;...
Abstract The Self‐Care of Heart Failure Index Version 6.2 (SCHFI v.6.2) is widely used, but its psychometric profile still questioned. In a sample 659 heart failure patients from Italy, we performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the original construct SCHFI v.6.2 scales (Self‐Care Maintenance, Management, and Confidence), with limited success. We then used exploratory determine presence separate scale dimensions, followed by CFA in sub‐sample. Construct validity individual...
Background: Caregivers make an important contribution to the self-care of patients with heart failure (HF), but few instruments are available measure this contribution. Objective: The objective study was test psychometric properties Caregiver Contribution Self-care Heart Failure Index (CC-SCHFI), instrument derived from version 6.2. CC-SCHFI measures caregivers maintenance and management HF patients, as well their confidence in ability contribute patients' self-care. Methods: A...
Self-care improves outcomes in patients with heart failure; however, no studies have been conducted on this topic Italy.We aimed to describe self-care Italian adults failure and identify sociodemographic clinical determinants of self-care.A cross-sectional design was used study 1192 enrolled across Italy. We measured using the Self-Care Heart Failure Index version 6.2, which measures maintenance, management confidence. Sociodemographic data were tested as potential self-care.The mean age...
Abstract Disease self‐management is a critical component of maintaining clinical stability for patients with chronic illness. This particularly evident in the context heart failure (HF), which leading cause hospitalization older adults. HF self‐management, commonly known as self‐care, often performed support informal caregivers. However, little about how dyad manages patient's care together. The purpose this study was to identify determinants patient and caregiver contributions self‐care...
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in stroke survivor and caregiver quality life (QOL) determine whether physical functioning burden (ie, the impact physical, psychological, social demands caregiving) influence QOL.Longitudinal design with 226 survivor-caregiver dyads enrolled at discharge from rehabilitation hospitals. Data collection performed over 12 months. We measured functioning, burden, QOL (physical, social, environmental) both caregiver. Multilevel modeling used...
Background: The Stroke Impact Scale 3.0 (SIS 3.0) is widely used to measure quality of life in stroke survivors; however, previous studies have not tested the original 8-factor structure scale. In addition, shown floor and ceiling effect weak reliability within Objective: aim this study was evaluate psychometric characteristics SIS 3.0, including its construct validity (factorial structure, concurrent contrasting group validity), effect, reliability. Method: A cross-sectional design 392...
The literature on caregiver contributions to heart failure (HF) patient self-care has grown rapidly during the last few years, but theory guiding this growth is lacking.The purpose of article describe a Situation-Specific Theory Caregiver Contributions HF Self-care.We theoretical assumptions, process by which caregivers contribute self-care, factors influencing known predictors (caregiver, patient, and dyadic related) outcomes HF. These may be related positive and/or negative. include...
Abstract Aim To longitudinally describe stroke caregivers’ quality of life, anxiety, depression and burden to identify predictors burden. Background Caregivers have a key role in survivor care the first year caregiving is most challenging. give tailored interventions, it important capture changes caregiver during year. Design A 12‐month longitudinal study. Data were collected between June 2013–May 2016. Methods Changes anxiety their identified using linear mixed‐effects models. Results The...
The aim of this study was to explore the experience Italian nurses engaged in caring for patients with COVID-19.COVID-19 found health care world unprepared face an emergency such magnitude. Italy one most affected European countries, more than 250,000 cases. Understanding impact events magnitude on provides a framework knowledge which educational training could be based similar situations future prevent further breakdown.The hermeneutic approach by Cohen used. Semi-structured interviews were...
Emotions are contagious in couples. The purpose of this study was to analyze the manner which adults with chronic heart failure (HF) and their informal caregivers influence each other’s self-care behavior quality life (QOL). A sample 138 HF patients spouses enrolled from ambulatory centers across Italy. Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) used dyadic data obtained Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI), Caregivers Contribution SCHFI, Short Form 12. Both actor partner effects were...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the consistency between care given patients and that documented, by comparing observations with nursing records describing which interventions were reported omitted.Assumptions have been made about relationship documentation actually delivered, but there insufficient evidence on actual its recording.Observational given, completed interviews retrospective survey records.Structured observation during day shifts in first six days admission pre postsurgical...
BackgroundCaregivers play an important role in contributing to heart failure (HF) patients' self-care but no prior studies have examined the caregivers' contributions HF and potential determinants of contribution self-care.
Background: Self-care is important in heart failure (HF) treatment, but patients may have difficulties and be inconsistent its performance. Inconsistencies self-care behaviors mirror patterns of HF that are worth identifying to provide interventions tailored patients. Objectives: The aims this study identify clusters relation examine compare the profile each patient cluster considering patient’s sociodemographics, clinical variables, quality life, hospitalizations. Methods: This was a...
Abstract Aims Self‐care, an essential component of heart failure (HF) treatment, is inadequate in most patients. We evaluated if motivational interviewing (MI) (i) improves patient self‐care maintenance (primary endpoint; e.g. taking medications), management (e.g. responding to symptoms) and confidence (or self‐efficacy) 3 months after enrolment; (ii) changes over 1 year, (iii) augments informal caregivers are involved. Methods results Parallel randomized controlled trial (1:1:1). A sample...