6 results on '"Chiodi, Alessandro"'
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2. Affective disorders and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in adolescents and young adults with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): the moderating role of resilience.
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Rainone, Nunzia, Chiodi, Alessandro, Lanzillo, Roberta, Magri, Valeria, Napolitano, Anna, Morra, Vincenzo, Valerio, Paolo, Freda, Maria, Morra, Vincenzo Brescia, and Freda, Maria Francesca
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AFFECTIVE disorders , *HEALTH status indicators , *DISEASES in teenagers , *DISEASES in young adults , *MULTIPLE sclerosis , *REGRESSION analysis , *MENTAL health , *QUALITY of life , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *TEENAGERS' conduct of life , *CROSS-sectional method , *DISEASE complications , *PSYCHOLOGICAL factors ,MEDICAL care for teenagers - Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between affective disorders and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) for adolescents and young adults with multiple sclerosis (MS).Methods: A quantitative methodology was adopted. Fifty-three adolescents and young adults were interviewed to assess resilience as a personality trait (Ego-Resiliency Scale) and resilience as an interactive competence (CYRM-28), Health-Related Quality of Life (PedsQL 4.0), depression and anxiety (BDI-II and STAI-Y).Results: Affective disorders, both depression (β = -.38, p < .001) and anxiety (State β = -.35, p < .001; Trait β = -.41, p < .001), were negatively associated with HRQoL. Data also showed that the resilience competencies using Individual (β = .22, p < .001) and relational resources (β = .12, p < .05) are significantly associated HRQoL. According to the regression analyses, we tested the moderating role of resilience competence using individual resources on the relationship between the Depression Cognitive Factor and Emotional Functioning. Data show that in step 2 of the regression analysis, we obtained a variation of β = -.45 (p < .001) to β = -.30 (p < .001) in the dimension for the Depression Cognitive Factor. The Sobel test showed that the moderating effect of resilience was significant regarding the increase in R2 (p < .01).Conclusions: Resilience competence using individual resources moderates the relationship between the Depression Cognitive Factor and Emotional Functioning in adolescents with MS. Our study suggests that to improve well-being for adolescents with MS resilience could play a key role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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3. A Mental Health First Aid Service in an Italian University Public Hospital during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak.
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Maldonato, Nelson Mauro, Bottone, Mario, Chiodi, Alessandro, Continisio, Grazia Isabella, De Falco, Raffaella, Duval, Marzia, Muzii, Benedetta, Siani, Gerarda, Valerio, Paolo, Vitelli, Roberto, and Scandurra, Cristiano
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The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been extremely stressful and has produced fear and anxiety throughout the population, representing a psychological emergency. This work aimed at presenting a mental health first aid service established within an Italian university public hospital context to address four different population targets (i.e., people vulnerable to mental health problems, health-care professionals, people in isolation, and general citizenship). Specifically, the organizational structure comprising four different areas (i.e., management, clinical, communication, and research) and first data collected from the foundation of the service until 3 May 2020 are presented. Findings indicated that anxiety and fear of contagion were the main motivations prompting both the general population and health-care professionals to ask for a psychological help. Furthermore, findings indicate that clients' current quality of life was perceived as lower than in the past but also that imagined in the future, highlighting the importance of psychological first aid interventions. This service may represent an example for helping mental health professionals in developing similar services in their local realities, promoting health and individual and community resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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4. Mental Health in Multiple Sclerosis During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Delicate Balance between Fear of Contagion and Resilience
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Laura Rosa, Cristiano Scandurra, Alessandro Chiodi, Maria Petracca, Teresa Costabile, Francesca Lauro, Marcello Moccia, Antonio Carotenuto, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Roberta Lanzillo, Rosa, Laura, Scandurra, Cristiano, Chiodi, Alessandro, Petracca, Maria, Costabile, Teresa, Lauro, Francesca, Moccia, Marcello, Carotenuto, Antonio, Maldonato, Nelson Mauro, Brescia Morra, Vincenzo, and Lanzillo, Roberta
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COVID-19 ,Disability ,Illness perception ,Mental health ,Multiple sclerosis ,Resilience ,Multiple Sclerosis ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Depression ,Motor Disorders ,Fear ,Anxiety ,Article ,Disease Outbreaks ,Clinical Psychology ,Mental Health ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Humans ,Multiple sclerosi ,Disabled Persons - Abstract
The current study aimed at exploring the relationship between objective disability, illness perceptions, resilience, fear of COVID-19, and psychological distress (i.e., anxiety, depression, and stress) in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) during the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. A group of 122 pwMS recruited in an Italian university hospital took part in this cross-sectional monocentric study. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were performed to assess the strength of the hypothesized associations. Results indicated that, differently from cognitive impairment, motor disability was positively associated with anxiety. However, accounting for subjective illness perception, such association was no longer significant. Moreover, accounting for both protective and risk factors in the models, even illness perception was no longer significant, highlighting the central role of resilience and fear of COVID-19 in explaining the negative emotional outcomes. Implications for clinical interventions and psychoeducational trainings are discussed.
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- 2022
5. Physical Exercise Moderates the Effects of Disability on Depression in People with Multiple Sclerosis during the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Francesca Trojsi, Giuseppe Servillo, Simona Bonavita, Laura Rosa, Matilde Inglese, Maria Cellerino, Massimo Filippi, Teresa Costabile, Giovanna Borriello, Roberta Lanzillo, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Agostino Nozzolillo, Cristiano Scandurra, Martina Petruzzo, Marcello Moccia, Alessandro Chiodi, Antonio Ianniello, Lucia Moiola, Antonio Carotenuto, Luigi Lavorgna, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Carotenuto, Antonio, Scandurra, Cristiano, Costabile, Teresa, Lavorgna, Luigi, Borriello, Giovanna, Moiola, Lucia, Inglese, Matilde, Trojsi, Francesca, Petruzzo, Martina, Ianniello, Antonio, Nozzolillo, Agostino, Cellerino, Maria, Boffa, Giacomo, Rosa, Laura, Chiodi, Alessandro, Servillo, Giuseppe, Moccia, Marcello, Bonavita, Simona, Filippi, Massimo, Petracca, Maria, Brescia Morra, Vincenzo, and Lanzillo, Roberta
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Physical disability ,lcsh:Medicine ,Context (language use) ,Physical exercise ,multiple sclerosis ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,physical exercise ,COVID-19 ,anxiety ,depression ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,business.industry ,Multiple sclerosis ,Anxiety ,Depression ,lcsh:R ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,multiple sclerosi ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Psychosocial ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Physical disability impacts psychosocial wellbeing in people with multiple sclerosis. However, the role of physical activity in this context is still debated. By taking advantage of a previous survey, conducted online from 22 April to 7 May 2020, we performed a post-hoc analysis with the aim to assess the associations between disability, physical exercise, and mental health in multiple sclerosis. We retrieved the following data: (i) sociodemographic information, (ii) changes in lifestyle (including exercise), (iii) physical disability, as measured with the Patient-Determined Disease Steps scale, and (iv) anxiety feelings and depressive symptoms assessed via the items included in the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders measurement system. Examination of the interaction plot showed that the effect of disability on depression, but not on anxious symptoms, was significant for all levels of physical exercise (low: b = 1.22, 95% C.I. 0.85, 1.58, p <, 0.001, moderate: b = 0.95, 95% C.I. 0.66, 1.24, p <, and high: b = 0.68, 95% C.I. 0.24, 1.13, p = 0.003). Based on these data, we can conclude that disability significantly impacted depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, with physical activity playing a moderating role. Our results suggest that favoring exercise in multiple sclerosis (MS) would ameliorate psychological wellbeing regardless of the level of physical disability.
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6. A Mental Health First Aid Service in an Italian University Public Hospital during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
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Gerarda Siani, Benedetta Muzii, Paolo Valerio, Roberto Vitelli, Cristiano Scandurra, Raffaella De Falco, Marzia Duval, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Alessandro Chiodi, Grazia Isabella Continisio, Mario Bottone, Maldonato, Nelson Mauro, Bottone, Mario, Chiodi, Alessandro, Continisio, Grazia Isabella, De Falco, Raffaella, Duval, Marzia, Muzii, Benedetta, Siani, Gerarda, Valerio, Paolo, Vitelli, Roberto, and Scandurra, Cristiano
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Geography, Planning and Development ,Population ,Psychological intervention ,TJ807-830 ,Context (language use) ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,TD194-195 ,Renewable energy sources ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Nursing ,GE1-350 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,education.field_of_study ,psychological intervention ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,COVID-19 ,first aid ,Mental health ,Environmental sciences ,quality of life ,Public hospital ,Psychology ,Mental health first aid ,mental health ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,First aid - Abstract
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been extremely stressful and has produced fear and anxiety throughout the population, representing a psychological emergency. This work aimed at presenting a mental health first aid service established within an Italian university public hospital context to address four different population targets (i.e., people vulnerable to mental health problems, health-care professionals, people in isolation, and general citizenship). Specifically, the organizational structure comprising four different areas (i.e., management, clinical, communication, and research) and first data collected from the foundation of the service until 3 May 2020 are presented. Findings indicated that anxiety and fear of contagion were the main motivations prompting both the general population and health-care professionals to ask for a psychological help. Furthermore, findings indicate that clients’ current quality of life was perceived as lower than in the past but also that imagined in the future, highlighting the importance of psychological first aid interventions. This service may represent an example for helping mental health professionals in developing similar services in their local realities, promoting health and individual and community resilience.
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- 2020
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