A5101983383- Cancer survivorship and care
- Family Support in Illness
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Music Therapy and Health
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Media Influence and Health
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
University of Milan
2016-2025
European Institute of Oncology
2015-2025
Ripamonti
2019-2021
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2019
Individuals with cancer and their families assume responsibility for management of as an acute chronic disease. Yet, lags other diseases in its provision proactive self-management support routine, everyday care leaving this population vulnerable to worse health status, long-term disability, poorer survival. Enabling patients manage the medical emotional consequences lifestyle work changes due treatment is essential optimizing recovery across continuum cancer. In paper, Global Partners on...
Virtual reality has been used effectively to promote relaxation and reduce stress. It is possible find two main approaches achieve such aims across the literature. The first one focused on generic environments filled with relaxing "narratives" induce control over one's own body physiological response, while second engages user in virtual reality-mediated activities empower his/her abilities regulate emotion. scope of present contribution extend discourse VR use relaxation, by proposing a...
The experience of breast cancer and related treatments has notable effects on women's mental health. Among them, the subjective perception body or image (BI) is altered. Such alterations deserve to be properly treated because they augment risk for depression mood disorders, impair intimate relationships. A number studies revealed that focused psychological interventions are effective in reducing BI issues cancer. However, findings inconsistent regarding dimension such effects. This...
Objective: Oncological care affects the body strongly, even some years after therapies. Body image, as mental representation of one’s own body, is particularly affected by breast cancer, with a high level dissatisfaction and negative perception. Literature has shown effectiveness various psychological interventions to promote image in cancer survivors, dealing inner sensations related emotions thoughts. The present opinion study presents BI issues personalized increase positive survivors....
In the near future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to participate more and in decision making processes, contexts ranging from healthcare politics. For example, context, doctors will increasingly use AI machine learning devices improve precision diagnosis identify therapy regimens. One hot topic regards necessity for health professionals adapt shared with patients include contribution of into clinical practice, such as acting mediators between patient his or her needs...
The relationship with the body is a relevant issue for breast cancer survivors. Oncological treatments damage their bodies due to scars, weight gain, and other side effects. Starting from efficacy of psychological interventions survivors, tailored support program was provided promote overall well-being after illness dealing bodily signals related emotions thoughts. This study presents changes in description as well participants' thoughts before intervention.Eighteen women answered questions...
PURPOSE The use of social media is transforming physician-patient communication, mainly in the field medical oncology. pattern by oncologists poorly studied. Therefore, we developed a survey to understand preferences, experiences, opinions, and expectations Italian oncology fellows regarding cancer medicine identify different profiles users. MATERIALS AND METHODS This multicentric, cross-sectional, observational study included or from Italy, who were surveyed July December 2023 on their...
In recent years, technology has been developed as an important resource for healthcare management, especially in regard to chronic conditions. the broad field of eHealth, mobile (mHealth) is increasingly used empower patients not only disease management but also achievement positive experiences and experiential growth. mHealth tools are considered powerful because, unlike more traditional Internet-based tools, they allow be continuously monitored followed by their own devices have continual...
OPINION article Front. Psychol., 20 September 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722211
In the context of sports-based interventions for improving health and quality life in chronic patients, participants could develop meaningful social relationships that affect their well-being as much intervention activities. this study, 80 female cancer survivors participated a running-based group (2 sessions/week; 1.5 h), while 51 acted controls. The lasted approximately 5 months. Unfortunately, length was reduced sport activities were altered by COVID-19 pandemic lockdown mid-intervention,...
Purpose: Participants' engagement in a project requires intrinsic motivations, which may evolve during the intervention thanks to lifestyle changes and positive challenges. Over years, tailored programs based on physical activity psychological sessions have been promoted support quality of life well-being breast cancer survivors. Personal expectations needs are essential predict participant adherence as well their possibility reach outcomes. This study presents preliminary understanding...
Breast cancer survivors often report internal sensations of discomfort that influence body image or the subjective representation one's appearance, which can cause a disconnection between and personal identity. 12 breast were involved in group psychological intervention focused on management autobiographical memories related to their own after cancer. Three open questions administered pre, post 1 month later intervention. Autobiographical analyzed with qualitative methodology explore...
Objective Little is known about the process of becoming a mother in women who experienced breast cancer diagnosis (BC). In this qualitative study, we investigated maternal representations pregnant with experience BC and those no oncological history. Methods A total 38 were recruited, 19 had not. To explore representations, semi-structured interviews conducted analysed through thematic analysis. Results Four main themes identified: fears worries, meaning motherhood, mother–foetus relationship...