A5076246172- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Food Quality and Safety Studies
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Coffee research and impacts
- Agricultural safety and regulations
- Thallium and Germanium Studies
- Biological Stains and Phytochemicals
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
2014-2024
National Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
2023
Few preliminary studies have shown an impact of COVID-19 confinement on gambling habits. We aim to evaluate short-term effects lockdown restrictions behaviors in Italy.Within the project Lost Italy, a web-based cross-sectional study was conducted representative sample 6,003 Italians aged 18-74 years, enrolled during April 27-May 3 2020, and were asked report activity before at time interview.The prevalence participants reporting any decreased from 16.3% 9.7% lockdown. Traditional 9.9 2.4%...
Prenatal exposure to alcohol can cause Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) after birth, encompassing a spectrum of physical, cognitive, and behavioral abnormalities. FASD represents severe non-genetic disability avoidable through abstinence during pregnancy when planning it. Clinical severity depends on impact, symptomatology, resulting disabilities. is permanent with no recognized specific medical care. Conversely, secondary FASD-related disabilities be symptomatically treated. This...
Although the habits of cigarette smoking and associated coffee drinking are generally ceased during pregnancy, they often reinitiated after delivery when breastfeeding period starts. This is a case report 32-year-old lactating smoker mother who consumed caffeinated drinks agreed to donate breast milk one (containing 0.6 mg nicotine) cup espresso 80 caffeine) for an investigation excretion nicotine, its major metabolite cotinine caffeine into subsequent transfer infant. Nicotine peaked in at...
Objectives The aim of this study was to elucidate the pathway associations linking gambling, alcohol intake, smoking habit, cannabis consumption between each other and with demographic socioeconomic variables. Setting participants A survey conducted in 2017 on a representative sample 15 602 Italian 14-year-olds 17-year-olds attending 201 secondary schools. Outcome measures Structural Equation Models analysis used assess smoking, consumption, demographics factors. Results Irrespective or...
The South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised Adolescent (SOGS-RA) is one of the most widely used screening tools for problem gambling among adolescents. In this study, item response theory was computing measures severity that took into account how much information endorsed items provided about presence gambling. A zero-inflated mixture two-parameter logistic model estimated on responses 4,404 adolescents to compute difficulty and discrimination each item, level (θ score) respondent. Receiver...
Gambling is widely recognized as an important public health problem. Despite the rising use of stimulant substances among adolescents, there are still very few studies focusing on whether adolescents’ stimulants associated with their gambling behaviour. Therefore, aim this study was to investigate association between habits and consumption such coffee, energy drinks, new psychoactive in a sample Italian adolescents. A survey conducted 2017 representative Italians ages 14-17 years, comprising...
The practice of drug abuse adulteration is changing. Currently, the risk new practices involves New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), which can also be used as adulterants. In particular, phenomenon concerns fentanyl and its analogs, substances that toxic even if taken in very small quantities. NPS creating a serious threat to health users, not only because pharmacological action but increased toxicity these cutting agents.
BACKGROUND: For most people, gambling is a harmless activity, but for some it can be addictive with negative consequences. In Italy, there no estimate of the prevalence this phenomenon on large samples adult populationMETHODS: The purpose epidemiological study (N.=12,061) was to and describe Italian gamblers characteristics. Data were collected from aged 18 over, between late 2017 early 2018 response rate 51.2%. presence problem assessed Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). Information...
In 2019, the Italian National Institute of Health established an external quality assessment (NPS-EQA) program to evaluate performance laboratories collaborative centres participating in Early Warning System hair testing for classical and new psychoactive substances (NPS). The results obtained four rounds (2019–2023) evolution classic drugs abuse are presented. A total 11 specimens, including 3 blank samples, were prepared by adding different classes NPS at known concentrations pre-screened...