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1. Decreased information processing speed and decision-making performance in alcohol use disorder: combined neurostructural evidence from VBM and TBSS

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Galandra, C, Crespi, C, Basso, G, Manera, M, Giorgi, I, Poggi, P, Canessa, N, Galandra C., Crespi C., Basso G., Manera M. R., Giorgi I., Poggi P., Canessa N., Galandra, C, Crespi, C, Basso, G, Manera, M, Giorgi, I, Poggi, P, Canessa, N, Galandra C., Crespi C., Basso G., Manera M. R., Giorgi I., Poggi P., and Canessa N.

Abstract

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic relapsing condition characterized by excessive alcohol consumption despite its multifaceted adverse consequences, associated with impaired performance in several cognitive domains including decision-making. While choice deficits represent a core component of addictive behavior, possibly consecutive to brain changes preceding the onset of the addiction cycle, the evidence on grey-matter and white-matter damage underlying abnormal choices in AUD is still limited. To fill this gap, we assessed the neurostructural bases of decision-making performance in 22 early-abstinent alcoholic patients and 18 controls, by coupling the Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT) with quantitative magnetic resonance imaging metrics of grey-matter density and white-matter integrity. Regardless of group, voxel based morphometry highlighted an inverse relationship between deliberation time and grey-matter density, with alcoholics displaying slower choices related to grey-matter atrophy in key nodes of the motor control network. In particular, grey-matter density in the supplementary motor area, reduced in alcoholic patients, explained a significant amount of variability in their increased deliberation time. Tract-based spatial statistics revealed a significant relationship between CGT deliberation time and all white-matter indices, involving the most relevant commissural, projection and associative tracts. The lack of choice impairments other than increased deliberation time highlights reduced processing speed, mediated both by grey-matter and white-matter alterations, as a possible marker of a generalized executive impairment extending to the output stages of decision-making. These results pave the way to further studies aiming to tailor novel rehabilitation strategies and assess their functional outcomes.

Published
2021

2. Linking the ICF codes to clinical real-ufe assessments: The challenge of the transition from theory to practice [Misure di valutazione e abbinamento dei codici ICF in medicina riabilitativa: La sfida del passaggio dalla teoria alla pratica]

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Giardini, A., Vitacca, M., Pedretti, R., Nardone, A., Chiovato, L., Spanevello, A., Abdo, S., Aiachini, B., Ambrosetti, M., Bazzini, G., Bianchi, F., Bianchi, L., Bruschi, C., Capirossi, C., Condello, S., Corica, G., Coma, S., Cossa, F., Cremascoli, S., De Cicco, D., Estraneo, A., Felicetti, G., Ferrari, M., Ferriero, G., Garbelli, C., Giorgi, G., Giorgi, I., La Manna, A., Lanzillo, B., Lodigiani, A., Lorenzoni, M., Lo Russo, F., Losavio, E., Manera, M. R., Mariani, P., Mazza, A., Mauri, R., Multari, V., Nicola, L., Paneroni, M., Panigazzi, M., Passantino, A., Pedretti, R. F., Piaggi, G., Pistarini, C., Pribetich, M., Rosolia, P., Sparpaglione, D., Springhetti, I., Santoro, C., Schmid, M., Genta, F. T., Terolla, C., Traversi, E., Traversoni, S., and Zaliani, A.

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Disability, Rehabilitation medicine, Chronicity, ICF, medicina riabilitativa, disabilità, cronicità
Published
2019

3. Linking the ICF codes to clinical real-ufe assessments: The challenge of the transition from theory to practice,Misure di valutazione e abbinamento dei codici ICF in medicina riabilitativa: La sfida del passaggio dalla teoria alla pratica

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Giardini, A., Vitacca, M., Pedretti, R., Nardone, A., Chiovato, L., Spanevello, A., Abdo, S., Aiachini, B., Ambrosetti, M., Bazzini, G., Bianchi, F., Bianchi, L., Bruschi, C., Capirossi, C., Condello, S., Giacomo Corica, Coma, S., Cossa, F., Cremascoli, S., Cicco, D., Estraneo, A., Felicetti, G., Ferrari, M., Ferriero, G., Garbelli, C., Giorgi, G., Giorgi, I., La Manna, A., Lanzillo, B., Lodigiani, A., Lorenzoni, M., Lo Russo, F., Losavio, E., Manera, M. R., Mariani, P., Mazza, A., Mauri, R., Multari, V., Nicola, L., Paneroni, M., Panigazzi, M., Passantino, A., Pedretti, R. F., Piaggi, G., Pistarini, C., Pribetich, M., Rosolia, P., Sparpaglione, D., Springhetti, I., Santoro, C., Schmid, M., Genta, F. T., Terolla, C., Traversi, E., Traversoni, S., and Zaliani, A.

4. Informational and educational needs of caregivers of neurologic inpatients in rehabilitation treatment: A qualitative exploratory study.

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Ottonello M, Pistarini C, Ruvolo S, Costa S, Navarra V, Murianni C, Cristallo E, Maiello S, Tritto MR, Pagliarulo MG, and Manera MR

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to identify information and educational needs of neurological inpatients during residential rehabilitation from the caregivers' perspective. On top of that, it was important to acknowledge the conceptual framework underlying the complexity of needs, for the development in future research of an early identification of caregiver's information needs assessment tool. This preliminary study will allow to define the dimensions on which to measure caregiver needs and the quality of care provided to the patients and their families., Material and Methods: Focus groups of family caregivers of inpatients admitted to the Neurorehabilitation Units by the ICS Maugeri Institutes were conducted to explore the caregivers needs. All focus groups were tape-recorded and contemporaneous notes made. The tapes were transcribed and thematic analysis was used to develop categories of needs. To ensure consistency between groups, a semi-structured schedule was used to guide the focus groups., Results: In the analysis of the statements extracted from the transcripts we defined five main themes of information needs expressed from caregivers: education, hospital care organization, legal and social care management and emotional or psychological support., Conclusion: The results provided the identification of the domains essential for the development of a questionnaire that measures the complexity of the caregiver's information needs during residential rehabilitation. The caregivers' statements expressed in the focus groups allowed to identify five main kinds of needs. Moreover, some suggestions and ideas to improve the information and education materials to satisfy these needs emerged from caregivers and health professionals during team meetings., (Copyright © 2024 FECA. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Published
2024
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