A5062524508- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Noise Effects and Management
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
- Workplace Health and Well-being
University of Padua
2016-2025
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
2013-2025
Introduction: The impact of long-COVID-19 syndrome is rather variable, since it influenced by several residual confounders. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence long COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) from four university hospitals north-eastern Italy: Trieste, Padua, Verona, and Modena-Reggio Emilia. Methods: During period June 2022-August 2022, HCWs were surveyed for past infections, medical history, any acute as well post-COVID-19 symptoms. was estimated at 30-60 days or 61+...
A literature review was performed to highlight which work-related diseases express sex/gender differences in health outcomes and focus the main limits of studies this field. The research, carried out on PubMed by specific search string, identified 4828 articles (1997-2017 period) 381 are eligible for (4-22%, depending disease). Among them, 68% reported outcomes, most cases appear be due different exposure and/or work segregation rather than biological differences. However, few place...
Introduction Prior investigations into post-COVID dysautonomia often lacked control groups or compared affected individuals solely to healthy volunteers. In addition, no data on the follow-up of patients with SARS-CoV-2-related autonomic imbalance are available. Methods this study, we conducted a comprehensive clinical and functional healthcare workers (HCWs) former mild COVID-19 (group 1, n = 67), delineate trajectory post-acute imbalance, previously detected in case–control study....
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the major infectious hazards for health-care workers (HCWs) because frequency percutaneous exposures to blood or body fluids. For this reason, all HCWs should be vaccinated, including students in medicine and health professional degree programs. The aim study was assess immune coverage anti-HBV vaccine long-lasting protective titres anti-HBs antibodies female male evaluate gender-related differences response HBV vaccination. Data relative antibody...
The research aimed to investigate the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and their determinants in a large European cohort more than 60,000 health workers.A multicentric retrospective study, involving 12 centers, was carried out within ORCHESTRA project, collecting data up 18 November 2021 on fully vaccinated workers. cumulative investigated with its association occupational social-demographic characteristics (age, sex, job title, previous infection, antibody titer levels, time...
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections (BI) after vaccine booster dose are a relevant public health issue.Multicentric longitudinal cohort study within the ORCHESTRA project, involving 63,516 workers (HW) from 14 European settings. The investigated cumulative incidence of BI and its correlation with age, sex, job title, previous infection, time since third dose.13,093 (20.6%) were observed. was higher in women HW aged < 50 years, but nearly halved 60 years. Nurses experienced highest incidence,...
Abstract Background: The appropriate clinical use of fecal calprotectin (fCal) might be compromised by incomplete harmonization between assays and within- between-subjects variability. Our aim was to investigate the analytical biological variability fCal in order provide tools for interpreting setting. Methods: Experiments were conducted effects temperature storage time on fCal. Thirty-nine controls enrolled verify variability, a case-control study 134 110 IBD patients compare effectiveness...
The burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious public health problem all over the world. Vaccination remains most effective prevention measure, and safe HBV vaccines have been available since 1982. Health care workers (HCWs) vaccinated against prospectively followed up for at least 14 years were classified by their antibody titers after primary vaccination as: poor responders (10–99 mIU/mL); moderate (100–999 good (≥1000 mIU/mL). incidence loss was calculated 1000 person-years...
Guideline values have been defined by the ad hoc S.I.M.L.I.I. Working Group as "the level of a risk factor, previously established for an environmental or biological context, to which levels actually measured for/in workers should be compared, in order assess their degree exposure". include limit values, action and reference may refer matrix. The present paper aims discuss methodologies currently used definition most relevant guideline at national international level, with particular...
A thorough and fully application of the principles gender mainstreaming, in accordance with European Community guidelines, to health safety at work, implies systematic review whole prevention from gendered point view. This means that both biology- gender-based differences between male female workers should be conceived not only as determinants but also factors affecting either positively or negatively risk prevention. In this evolutionary cultural step role occupational physician is...
AimsEpidemiological studies show that peak exposure to air pollution is associated with increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular events. Panel controlled particulate matter (PM) may influence the parasympathetic regulation of heart. The aim this study was concurrently measure individual PM various sizes, heart rate variability (HRV), electrical instability in patients myocardial infarction.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) represent a population with significant burden of paucisymptomatic COVID-19, as the general population. We evaluated autonomic nervous system activity by means heart rate variability (HRV) in HCWs during health surveillance visits. Short-term electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings were obtained 30 days (IQR 5.25–55.75) after negative naso-pharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 44 cases and compared ECGs controls similar age sex distribution. Time frequency domain HRV evaluated....
Understanding antibody persistence concerning multimorbidity is crucial for vaccination policies. Our goal to assess the link between and serological response SARS-CoV-2 nine months post-first vaccine. We analyzed Healthcare Workers (HCWs) from three cohorts Italy, one each Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Spain. Seven groups of chronic diseases were analyzed. included 2941 HCWs (78.5% female, 73.4% ≥ 40 years old). Multimorbidity was present in 6.9% HCWs. The prevalence condition ranged 1.9%...
Background: The effectiveness of the immunity provided by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is an important public health issue. We analyzed determinants 12-month serology in a multicenter European cohort vaccinated healthcare workers (HCW). Methods: sociodemographic characteristics and levels anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies (IgG) 16,101 HCW from eleven centers Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia Spain. Considering skewness distribution, serological were transformed using log or cubic standardization...