16 hasil untuk "Francesca, Collini"

Patient mobility for cardiac problems: a risk-adjusted analysis in Italy

Gabriele, Messina; Silvia, Forni; Francesca, Collini dkk.

BMC Health Serv Res · 2013 · Inggris · PubMed Central

BACKGROUND: The Italian National Health System was revised in the last 20 years, introducing new elements such as efficacy, efficiency and competitiveness. Devolution to regional authorities has created a quasi-market system where patients can choose the hospital in which to be treated. Patient…

Costs and benefits in patients with NYHA class III heart failure treated with CardioMEMS in Italy

Andrea Messori; Maria Rita Romeo; Valeria Fadda dkk.

Global & Regional Health Technology Assessment, Vol. 11 No. 1 · 2024 · Italia · DOAJ Scopus

Background: CardioMEMS is a device suitable for telemedicine that is currently being evaluated by the Regional Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Committee of Tuscany. Two detailed HTA reports are available in the specialized literature, the results of which need to be transferred to our regional…

Short-term adjusted outcomes for heart failure

Gabriele Messina; Silvia Forni; Francesca Collini dkk.

Heart International, Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2016 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Purpose Heart failure (HF) is recognized as a major problem in industrialized countries. Short-term adjusted outcomes are indicators of quality for care process during/after hospitalization. Our aim is to evaluate, for patients with principal diagnosis of HF, in-hospital mortality and 30-day…

Diagnosis-related differences in the quality of end-of-life care: A comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients

Vieri Lastrucci; Sara D’Arienzo; Francesca Collini dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 13 No. 9 · 2018 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Cancer, chronic heart failure (CHF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the advanced stages have similar symptom burdens and survival rates. Despite these similarities, the majority of the attention directed to improving the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care has focused…

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The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of the emergency medical services during the first pandemic wave: A system-wide study of Tuscany Region, Italy

Vieri Lastrucci; Francesca Collini; Silvia Forni dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 17 No. 7 · 2022 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Utilization of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) declined during COVID-19 pandemic, but most of the studies analyzed components of the EMS system individually. The study aimed to evaluate the indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of all the components of the EMS system…

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Maternal, newborn and breast milk concentrations of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in a F508del heterozygous woman with cystic fibrosis following successful pregnancy

Pietro Ripani; Matteo Mucci; Stefano Pantano dkk.

Frontiers in Medicine, Vol. 10 · 2023 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

With the introduction of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI), more women with cystic fibrosis (CF) are likely to grow families. Hence, an understanding long-term safety and effects of CFTR modulators on fertile women and children while monitoring their concentrations is crucial. Here, we report…

Promoting Influenza Vaccination among Staff of Nursing Homes According to Behavioral Insights: Analyzing the Choice Architecture during a Nudge-Based Intervention

Chiara Lorini; Francesca Ierardi; Claudia Gatteschi dkk.

Vaccines, Vol. 8 No. 4 · 2020 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

(1) Background: Influenza vaccination uptake in nursing home (NH) workers is uncommon. The aim of this study was to understand the choice architecture of influenza vaccination acceptance or refusal among them and to promote vaccination acceptance using the nudge approach. (2) Methods: In autumn…

Does Vaccine Confidence Mediate the Relationship between Vaccine Literacy and Influenza Vaccination? Exploring Determinants of Vaccination among Staff Members of Nursing Homes in Tuscany, Italy, during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Francesca Collini; Guglielmo Bonaccorsi; Marco Del Riccio dkk.

Vaccines, Vol. 11 No. 8 · 2023 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Background: Low coverage of influenza vaccination in nursing home (NH) staff may be attributed to factors such as vaccine confidence (VC) and vaccine literacy (VL). Our study aimed to evaluate the role of VL and VC in predicting the intention to get the influenza vaccine in a sample of employees of…

Health Literacy, Vaccine Confidence and Influenza Vaccination Uptake among Nursing Home Staff: A Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in Tuscany

Chiara Lorini; Francesca Collini; Francesca Gasparini dkk.

Vaccines, Vol. 8 No. 2 · 2020 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

The aim of this cross-sectional study is to address whether health literacy (HL) and vaccine confidence are related with influenza vaccination uptake among staff of nursing homes (NHs). It was conducted in Tuscany (Italy) in autumn 2018, including the staff of 28 NHs. A questionnaire was used to…

Vaccine Literacy and Source of Information about Vaccination among Staff of Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Survey Conducted in Tuscany (Italy)

Chiara Lorini; Francesca Collini; Giacomo Galletti dkk.

Vaccines, Vol. 10 No. 5 · 2022 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Vaccine literacy (VL) mediates the transfer of information and facilitates vaccination acceptance. The aims of this study are to validate the HLVa-IT (Health Literacy Vaccinale degli adulti in Italiano—Vaccine health literacy for adults in Italian language) for the staff of nursing homes (NHs), to…

Gallbladder sludge and microlithiasis disappearance in a cystic fibrosis patient 1 year after triple combination therapy initiation

Corrado Tagliati; Daniele Veri; Andrea Pietra dkk.

Clinical Case Reports, Vol. 12 No. 10 · 2024 · Inggris · DOAJ Dikeluarkan Scopus 2021

Key Clinical Message Gallstones, microlithiasis, gallbladder sludge, and micro‐gallbladder are frequently reported in cystic fibrosis patients, and modulators could modify gallbladder disease, probably reducing biliary secretions viscosity.

Six minute walk test in Italian children with cystic fibrosis aged 6 and 11

Diletta Innocenti; Eleonora Masi; Giovanni Taccetti dkk.

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease (2021) · 2021 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is a field exercise test widely used in clinical practice, both in adults and in pediatric patients. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the physical performance of the subjects and compare them with the predicted Italian values. The secondary aim is to verify…

Radiological and clinical evaluation of triple combination modulating therapy effectiveness in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

Corrado Tagliati; Stefano Pantano; Giuseppe Lanni dkk.

Meta-Radiology, Vol. 1 No. 3 · 2023 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Objectives: Previous studies showed the clinical effectiveness of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor (ETI) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and a recently published study evaluated twelve CF patients that performed chest and sinus computed tomography (CT) examinations and showed that ETI decreased…

Pharmacological rescue of the G85E CFTR variant by preclinical and approved modulators

Valeria Tomati; Valeria Capurro; Emanuela Pesce dkk.

Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol. 15 · 2024 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

IntroductionCystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease due to loss-of-function mutations of the CFTR channel. F508del is the most frequent mutation (70% of alleles in Italy), while other mutations have much lower frequency. Among them, G85E (0.4% frequency globally, 1.13% in Italy) emerges as a…