12 results on '"Mario Muselli"'
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2. 'Drug resistence index': A new public health indicator for antibiotic resistance
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Riccardo Amicosante, Eleonora Cimino, Raffaella Golini, Alessandro Ferranti, Giovanna Micolucci, Anna Lepore, Mario Muselli, Leila Fabiani, and Stefano Necozione
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Health (social science) ,Epidemiology ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Health Informatics - Published
- 2023
3. Klebsiella pneumoniae drug resistance index: an indicator evaluated in l’aquila hospital
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Raffaella Golini, Eleonora Cimino, Riccardo Amicosante, Alessandro Ferranti, Giovanna Micolucci, Anna Lepore, Mario Muselli, Leila Fabiani, and Stefano Necozione
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Health (social science) ,Epidemiology ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Health Informatics - Published
- 2023
4. Community pharmacists’ perceptions and experiences of stress during COVID-19
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Loreta Tobia, Mario Muselli, Fabio De Luca, Vincenza Cofini, Giada Mastrangeli, Leila Fabiani, and Stefano Necozione
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Work ,Community pharmacists ,COVID-19 ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Work, stress perceived ,Health Policy ,Pharmacy ,stress perceived - Abstract
Background Pharmacists play a crucial role in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, performing frontline roles for the community, and supporting the healthcare system. This study aimed at investigating stress and its correlates among this category of workers at a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods The participants for this study were employees of the “Municipal Pharmaceutical Company” of L’Aquila (Italy). Data were collected using an anonymous, web-based, self-administered questionnaire. Two independent surveys were conducted, from June to July 2020, and in January 2021. Results Two separate groups of respondents were involved: a total of 37 workers participated in the first survey (mean age 44.9 ± 10.7, 75.7% women) and 18 in the second survey (mean age 45.9 ± 9.2, 94.4% women). The average total scores of the perceived stress (GHQ-12 score) increased significantly from 15.5 to 18.2 (p = 0.0438), showing a moderate level of stress in the category investigated. Conclusions We observed a strong emotional exhaustion in the study sample of pharmacists, who reported high-risk perceptions and fear. A comprehensive assistance should be granted to support the well-being of healthcare workers who provide an essential service, despite the high risk of infection.
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- 2023
5. Quality of Life among Pediatric Neurocognitive, Speech, and Psychomotor Rehabilitation Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on an Italian Sample
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Mario Muselli, Stefano Necozione, Danila Budroni, Giovanna Letizia Calò, Leila Fabiani, Valeria Bianchini, Vincenza Cofini, and Loreta Tobia
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Psychomotor learning ,Medicine (General) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Longitudinal study ,COVID-19 outbreak ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,Public health ,medicine.medical_treatment ,General Medicine ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,children rehabilitation ,health related quality of life ,occupational stress ,Mental health ,Article ,R5-920 ,Quality of life ,Family medicine ,medicine ,General Health Questionnaire ,business ,Neurocognitive - Abstract
Objective: The aim was to estimate the perceived quality of life and its relationship with sociodemographic and professional factors, perception of susceptibility to COVID-19, and stress. Design: It was a longitudinal study. Subjects: Professionals, working in Italian centers for pediatric neurocognitive, speech, and psychomotor rehabilitation. Methods: Participants were interviewed online twice during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. The questionnaire included: (i) The measures of health-related quality of life to perform the Summary Index of Unhealthy Days, (ii) modified items from the “Standard questionnaire on risk perception of an infectious disease outbreak” and (iii) the items of the General Health Questionnaire. Results: One hundred and thirty professionals out of 130 participated in the first interview, while only 50 therapists took part in the second interview (dropout rate: 61%). The Summary Index of Unhealthy Days was 8 days at the first interview, and it decreased to 6 days at the second interview, however, the reduction was not significant (F = 3.22, p = 0.079). The multivariable analysis showed that the rehabilitation providers with moderate or severe stress level were more likely to have a negative perception of the quality of life (ORadj = 7.155, 95% CI: 2.8–18.2), and this result was confirmed at the second interview. Conclusions: Our results showed that in a severe public health emergency, the mental health and quality of life of rehabilitation professionals must be a topic of focus to enhance psychological resilience, to prevent burnout and to reduce rehabilitation errors.
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- 2021
6. Does Quality of Care (QoC) Perception Influence the Quality of Life (QoL) in Women with Endometriosis? Results from an Italian Nationwide Survey during Covid Pandemic
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Vincenza Cofini, Mario Muselli, Chiara Lolli, Leila Fabiani, and Stefano Necozione
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endometriosis ,prevention ,quality of healthcare ,quality of life ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,public health ,womens health ,mental health ,physical health ,management ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - Abstract
(1) Background: Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive illness that generates a slew of issues, lowering the quality of life of women. The purpose of this study was to look at the quality of life in women with endometriosis and how it relates to the quality of care. (2) Methods: This study is an online survey performed in Italy during the COVID pandemic using the Italian version of the Health Questionnaire SF-36 and a questionnaire for assessing the quality of care received. (3) Results: 1052 women with a self-reported diagnosis of endometriosis participated in the survey. The mean levels of Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) were 38.89 ± 10.55 and 34.59 ± 11.17, respectively. A total of 77% of women judged the services they received positively, and 51% considered the coordination between healthcare professionals to be satisfactory. The satisfaction index mean was 23.11 ± 4.80. PCS was positively related to Occupation, high educational level, physical activity, and health care satisfaction. MCS was positively related to higher age, physical activity, and health care satisfaction. (4) Conclusions: The study indicated that satisfaction with health care was a significant predictor of QoL in women with endometriosis, for both physical and mental health.
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- 2022
7. May a Distance Learning Course in Statistics Satisfy Medical Students? The Experience with an Italian University Sample During the Covid Pandemic
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Vincenza Cofini, Mario Muselli, Pierpaolo Vittorini, Annalucia Moretti, and Stefano Necozione
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- 2022
8. E-Learning Satisfaction, Stress, Quality of Life, and Coping: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italian University Students a Year after the COVID-19 Pandemic Began
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Vincenza Cofini, Enrico Perilli, Annalucia Moretti, Valeria Bianchini, Matteo Perazzini, Mario Muselli, Sabrina Lanzi, Loreta Tobia, Leila Fabiani, and Stefano Necozione
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medical education ,e-learning ,distance learning ,COVID-19 pandemic ,training satisfaction ,college students ,COVID-19 ,students ,Adult ,Male ,Universities ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Personal Satisfaction ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Adaptation, Psychological ,Quality of Life ,Psychological ,Humans ,Female ,Adaptation ,Pandemics ,Students ,Computer-Assisted Instruction - Abstract
(1) Background: The objective was to investigate e-learning satisfaction in a sample of university students by evaluating quality of life, stress sociality, and coping. (2) Methods: This was an online survey involved 471 students attending the University of L′Aquila from June to July 2021. The primary goal was estimating the e-learning satisfaction as measured by the E-learning Satisfaction Scale, while the secondary outcomes were studying its relationship with demographic factors, the perception of quality of life, sociality, stress, and coping strategies using a hierarchical regression model. (3) Results: A total of 136 participants were males (29%); the mean age was 25 years. The results revealed that the satisfaction score was 30.6, and the mean stress level was 19.4. Students suffered psychologically and physically for 14 days a month. The sociality score was 36. With respect to coping strategies, students reported higher scores for “Acceptance” (6.0), “Active coping” (6.2), and “Planning” (6.4). E-learning satisfaction was significantly related to age and course attendance. It was positively associated with the social presence score and coping strategies such as self-blame and religion, while it was inversely related to stress and unhealthy days. (4) Conclusions: The students revealed a positive propensity to use e-learning despite the end of quarantine. Sociality, stress, quality of life, and coping seemed to play an important role in student′s e-learning satisfaction.
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- 2022
9. Long-term immune protection against HBV: associated factors and determinants
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Luca Provvidenti, Serena Bianchi, M Scatigna, Marianna Mastrodomenico, Mario Muselli, and Leila Fabiani
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,HBsAg ,Hepatitis B virus ,Adolescent ,030231 tropical medicine ,Immunology ,Immunization, Secondary ,Hbv vaccination ,Logistic regression ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,HBV ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,Statistical analysis ,Hepatitis B Vaccines ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Hepatitis B Antibodies ,Child ,Pharmacology ,Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ,business.industry ,Immune protection ,healthcare workers ,Vaccination ,Infant, Newborn ,Hepatitis B ,medicine.disease ,protection ,Titer ,Italy ,surveillance ,business ,Research Article ,Research Paper - Abstract
In Italy, vaccination against hepatitis B became compulsory for all the newborns and 12-years-old adolescents in 1991. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the persistence of long-term protection against HBV in medical students of the University of L’Aquila and in postgraduates Medical Doctors (HCWs) working in San Salvatore Hospital. The second aim was to study the variables associated with a protective anti-HBs antibody level, such as age at vaccination, gender, time elapsed from the last dose of vaccination. Three hundred and forty-two subjects were enrolled from January 2017 to January 2019 and a blood sample was collected to evaluate the levels of serum HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc. Statistical analysis calculated a multivariable logistic regression model to examine predictors of a protective anti-HBs titer. The larger part (239, 70%) of the students had an anti-HBs titer >10 mIU/mL, those were statistically significant older (26.7 vs 24.5 years, p
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- 2021
10. Lower Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Depression in People With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
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Settimio D'Andrea, Sandro Francavilla, Giorgio Felzani, Felice Francavilla, Francesca Cavallo, Mario Muselli, and Arcangelo Barbonetti
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical Therapy ,Cholecalciferol ,Depressive disorder ,Paraplegia ,Rehabilitation ,Spinal cord injuries ,Activities of Daily Living ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Body Mass Index ,Chronic Disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Depression ,Female ,Humans ,Interpersonal Relations ,Middle Aged ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Severity of Illness Index ,Spinal Cord Injuries ,Vitamin D ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Population ,Poison control ,Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,80 and over ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,Spinal cord injury ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Univariate analysis ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Physical therapy ,Population study ,business ,Body mass index ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objectives To determine (1) whether the serum concentration of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D 3 ) was associated with depression levels in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and (2) whether any observed association was independent of potential confounders. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Rehabilitation institute. Participants Patients with chronic SCI (N=100) recruited consecutively. Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures Patients underwent clinical and biochemical evaluations, including assessment of 25(OH)D 3 levels and the presence and severity of depressive symptoms, by using the interviewer-assisted self-report Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Results Depression (BDI-II score ≥14) was observed in 15 of 28 women (53.6%) and 18 of 72 men (25.0%) of the study population. They exhibited significantly lower 25(OH)D 3 levels, lower functional independence degree in performing activities of daily living, poorer engagement in leisure time physical activity, and higher body mass index. Lower 25(OH)D 3 levels were associated with higher BDI-II scores as well as with the occurrence of depression. These associations persisted after adjustment for all significant predictors of the BDI-II score that were selected, as possible confounders, by univariate analysis. In receiver operating characteristic analysis, a 25(OH)D 3 level of Conclusions In people with chronic SCI, an inverse association exists between serum 25(OH)D 3 levels and depressive symptoms, widely independent of potential confounders, especially those, peculiar to this population, that can mediate the effects of depression on vitamin D levels.
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- 2017
11. Big data and earthquake: databases integration for studies on medium-long term effects on health
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Leila Fabiani, Mario Muselli, Francesco D’Aloisio, A Mascitelli, Pierpaolo Vittorini, M Scatigna, and J Del Papa
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Computer science ,business.industry ,Big data ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,business ,Data science ,Term (time) - Published
- 2018
12. Retrospective Analysis of Injuries and Hospitalizations of Patients Following the 2009 Earthquake of L’Aquila City
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Alfonso Mascitelli, Mario Muselli, Anna Rita Giuliani, Leila Fabiani, Jacopo Del Papa, Francesco D’Aloisio, and Pierpaolo Vittorini
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Male ,natural disaster ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,lcsh:Medicine ,030230 surgery ,ICD-9-CM ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Retrospective analysis ,hospital discharge records ,Child ,Aged, 80 and over ,L’Aquila ,Middle Aged ,fractures ,Hospitalization ,trauma ,Italy ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Diagnosis code ,Disaster medicine ,Adult ,L aquila ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,injury ,disaster medicine ,earthquake ,Article ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Earthquakes ,medicine ,Hospital discharge ,Humans ,Cities ,Health needs ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Infant, Newborn ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Emergency medicine ,Wounds and Injuries ,Observational study ,business - Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the injury patterns and the hospitalizations of patients who were admitted to hospital following the 2009 earthquake in the city of L&rsquo, Aquila, Central Italy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the patterns of earthquake-related injuries in Italy. We reviewed the hospital discharge data of 171 patients admitted to hospital within the following 96 h from the mainshock. This is an observational and descriptive study: We controlled for variables such as patient demographics, primary and secondary ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases) diagnosis codes in order to identify the multiple injured patients, main type of injury that resulted in the hospital admission, discharge disposition, and average length of stay (LOS). Seventy-three percent of the 171 patients were admitted to hospital on the first day. Multiple injuries accounted for 52% of all trauma admissions, with a female to male ratio of 63% versus 37%. The most common type of injuries involved bone fractures (46.8%), while lower extremities were the most frequently affected sites (38.75%). The average LOS was 12.11 days. This study allows the evaluation of the impact of earthquake-related injuries in relation both to the health needs of the victims and to the use of the health care resources and assistance.
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- 2019
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