A5005456708- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Physical Activity and Health
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
2022-2024
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
2024
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2020
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
2020
Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
1987
The COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a severe psychosocial crisis affecting patients, their relatives, friends, and healthcare professionals. In Italy, public health residents (PHRs) remain essential to the national response pandemic. To assess mental sphere, "Public Mental Health" working group of medical residents' Assembly Italian Society Hygiene Preventive Medicine designed Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI). This is nation-wide cross-sectional study based on...
The purpose of this study is to validate the 13-item version Work-Related Stress Questionnaire (WRSQ) on a representative sample Italian public health residents.
Mental well-being should be prioritized in public health as it represents a valuable resource for individuals and communities, influencing behavior, social cohesion inclusion. The support receive from their networks can have significant impact on mental well-being. This study used data the Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy, nationwide cross-sectional survey. objective was to assess level of among Residents investigate association between network characteristics this population.
Depression is a widespread condition, which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers as well. The large workload of response also affected Public Health Residents (PHRs) who played an important role in infection prevention and control activities. This work aims to assess depression Italian PHRs, based on data collected through PHRASI (Public Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy) study. In 2022, 379 PHRs completed self-administered questionnaire containing Patient...
Despite the high impact of COVID-19 pandemic on social interactions and healthcare workers’ (HWs’) mental health, few studies have investigated association between network characteristics HWs’ particularly during pandemic. Therefore, we aimed to assess associations public health residents’ (PHRs’) depression. We used data from Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI), a nationwide cross-sectional study. Social were self-reported. Depressive symptoms assessed using...
Medical residents constitute a vulnerable population susceptible to mental health disorders. In Italy, this was evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, when medical served on front line and provided significant support healthcare services. Therefore, working group "Public Mental Health" of Residents' Council Italian Society Hygiene, Preventive Medicine, Public Health (S.It.I.) designed "Residents' investigation, dynamic longitudinal study in Italy" (ReMInDIt). This aims assess status explore...
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a significant public health concern in southern Europe, with meteorological, climatic, and environmental factors playing critical role its transmission dynamics. This study aims to assess the short-term effects of meteorological variables on incidence WNV five Italian regions Northern Italy from 2012 2021. Linking epidemiological data national surveillance system local data, we conducted Case-Time Series analysis examine association between incident cases...
Background: Severe respiratory infections, including pneumonia or bronchiolitis, caused by RSV can range from mild upper tract infections to those leading hospitalization and serious complications such as failure in children. High-risk groups, premature infants with underlying medical conditions, have a higher susceptibility severe disease. We conducted retrospective study years 2015 2022 the Local Health Authority (LHA) of Pescara that counts about 320,000 inhabitants, aim evaluate burden...
Unhealthy behaviors (UBs) can affect mental health. The most impactful of these are alcohol abuse, sedentary behavior, and sleep disturbances. Since UBs not well explored in medical residents, this study aims to overcome gap, focusing on outcomes such as depression anxiety. Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey Italy (PHRASI) is a nationwide cross-sectional based an 88-item questionnaire. were through validated questionnaires: the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-c (AUDIT-C),...
Background and aim: Social media platforms are common sources of information, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. YouTube is second most popular social platform both in Italy globally. Following criticisms regarding quality control pandemic, banners that would direct viewers to official health information were incorporated into Youtube videos related COVID-19. The aim this study assess reliability vaccination Italy.On March 2022, six different search queries used retrieve...
Abstract Since the beginning of mass vaccination campaign for COVID-19 in Italy (December 2020) and following rapidly increasing vaccine administration, sex differences have been emphasized. Nevertheless, incomplete frequently incoherent sex-disaggregated data vaccinations are currently available, vaccines clinical studies generally do not include sex-specific analyses safety efficacy. We looked at variations vaccine’s effectiveness against infection severe disease outcomes. conducted a...
Abstract The ‘Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy” (PHRASI) represented the first study to specifically investigate mental health and its determinants among Italian public residents (PHRs). Using a voluntary, anonymous, electronic, 88-item questionnaire, PHRASI generated evidence on well-being, eating disorders, sleep alcohol abuse, depressive symptoms, anxious symptoms PHRs. This highlights correlation with sociodemographic, lifestyle, work-related characteristics during...
Mental health disorders pose a substantial challenge for healthcare workers, particularly in the post-COVID-19 era. Public medical residents (PHRs) played pivotal role during pandemic and were significantly affected by heavy workload. This study aims to uncover potential associations between workload characteristics symptoms of anxiety insomnia Italian PHRs based on data collected 2022 through Health Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy (PHRASI) study.
High workloads and extended work shift greatly limit the opportunities for medical residents to adopt a healthy lifestyle by practicing regular physical exercise. Using data from Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI), this research assessed associations between activity levels sedentary behavior, well-being, self-rated health among Italian public (PHRs) during COVID-19 pandemic. Employing cross-sectional design, study utilized International Physical Activity...
Intracellular electrolyte disorders seem to be related pregnancy-induced hypertension as well essential hypertension. Sodium storage could shift Calcium from membrane binding, thus resulting in a depolarization of excitable cells. Periarteriolar myocytes can activated, the rise peripheral vascular resistances.The intracellular accumulation either due genetic intrinsic alteration membranes or action circulating inhibitor. Results are reported 75 hypertensive and 140 pregnant controls 15 cord...
The specific activity of Na/K ATPase was determined to investigate the Sodium pump, in pregnancy-induced hypertension. A slight significant reduction pump observed pregnancy induced hypertensive patients. similar trend shown cord blood from pregnancy-hypertensive mothers, although not statistically significant. This could explain finding higher intracellular levels
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Abstract Background The International Working Group Health Promoting Hospitals and Literate Healthcare Organizations has developed an English-language self-assessment tool for Organizational Literacy of Hospitals, designed to quality managers healthcare organizations. It aims diagnose strengths weaknesses the organization's health literacy, our goal is translate culturally adapt it Italy. Methods We have been following Translation, Review, Adjudication, Pretesting, Documentation team model...