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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the psychological factors of health perception, mistrust, anxiety, fear, and indecision of Italians vaccinated against COVID-19, and conduct an analysis of the relationships between these factors and other variables: sex, vaccine priority ministerial categories, and the type and dose of vaccine. The participants included 1564 subjects who joined the vaccination campaign at the COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Salerno, Italy. A survey was conducted in the reference period March–April 2021 using a brief anamnestic questionnaire. In addition, the following standardized scales were used: the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). The results showed that, in terms of the type of vaccine received, the interviewees felt more confident in having received the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech, 23.5%) and Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca, 18.6%) vaccines—feeling less tense (2.1%; Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) = 3.2%), frightened (1%; Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) = 1.4%), not at all nervous (61.1%; Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca), 43.6%), and not at all/undecided (67.9%; Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca), 58.6%). Regarding the mood and psychological states considered at the different vaccine administration times, other important differences emerged as the interviewees reported higher levels of tension, nervousness, and fear during the first phase of vaccine administration. Specifically, 40.7% (second dose, 32.7%) felt somewhat tense at the first dose, 26.4% felt frightened (second dose, 21.8%), and 33.8% felt nervous (second dose, 26.8%). The perceived state of health also increased at the end of the vaccination cycle, as, at the second dose, 15.4% of the sample reported an evaluation of “excellent” (first dose, 12.4%).
Giuseppina Moccia; Luna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese; Anna Borrelli; Giovanni Boccia; Oriana Motta; Mario Capunzo; Francesco De Caro. Perception of Health, Mistrust, Anxiety, and Indecision in a Group of Italians Vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccines 2021, 9, 612 .
AMA StyleGiuseppina Moccia, Luna Carpinelli, Giulia Savarese, Anna Borrelli, Giovanni Boccia, Oriana Motta, Mario Capunzo, Francesco De Caro. Perception of Health, Mistrust, Anxiety, and Indecision in a Group of Italians Vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccines. 2021; 9 (6):612.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppina Moccia; Luna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese; Anna Borrelli; Giovanni Boccia; Oriana Motta; Mario Capunzo; Francesco De Caro. 2021. "Perception of Health, Mistrust, Anxiety, and Indecision in a Group of Italians Vaccinated against COVID-19." Vaccines 9, no. 6: 612.
With the advent of Covid-19, health workers have been under constant physical and psychological pressure. Italy was among the first countries to face the health emergency in a period of great uncertainty about the virus and the ways to treat patients. The present study aims to analyse the levels of emotional distress (ED) and psychosomatic symptoms (PS) of Italian frontline health workers during the Covid-19 emergency, and their relationship with the evaluation of the institutional responses received. A survey was available online during the peak of health system overload. Health workers' ED, PS and perceived overall wellbeing were assessed, along with the perceived adequacy of the emotional support, hygiene and safety measures, and protection received from the national government, regional administration and local hospital. A total of 103 questionnaires were collected [Women: 51.5%; mean age, 41.8 years; SD: ±10,7; high-risk zone: 41.7%]. Correlation analyses were applied to investigate the relationship between the measures of emotional distress and psychosomatic symptoms; ANOVA was applied to compare these measures among groups from different risk zones and with different perceived emotional and safety protection. About half of the health workers showed medium or high scores on emotional exhaustion, exceeded the cut-off for medium, high or very high psychosomatic symptom burdens, felt they have never or rarely been protected by the institutional responses and judged the emotional support received as inadequate; 32% judged the safety and hygiene measures as insufficient. Significant associations were found between measures of ED, PS and perceived change in personal wellbeing. Differences in perceived institutional support and adequacy of hygiene and safety measures related to significant differences in PS and perceived change in personal wellbeing. ED and PS were widely experienced by frontline health workers. Physical and psychological symptoms were amplified by the perceived lack of institutional support. Ensuring PS and hygiene and safety measures is essential to prevent worsening of health and psychosomatic symptoms in frontline health workers.
Tiziana Marinaci; Luna Carpinelli; Claudia Venuleo; Giulia Savarese; Pierpaolo Cavallo. Emotional distress, psychosomatic symptoms and their relationship with institutional responses: A survey of Italian frontline medical staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Heliyon 2020, 6, e05766 .
AMA StyleTiziana Marinaci, Luna Carpinelli, Claudia Venuleo, Giulia Savarese, Pierpaolo Cavallo. Emotional distress, psychosomatic symptoms and their relationship with institutional responses: A survey of Italian frontline medical staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Heliyon. 2020; 6 (12):e05766.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiziana Marinaci; Luna Carpinelli; Claudia Venuleo; Giulia Savarese; Pierpaolo Cavallo. 2020. "Emotional distress, psychosomatic symptoms and their relationship with institutional responses: A survey of Italian frontline medical staff during the Covid-19 pandemic." Heliyon 6, no. 12: e05766.
Background Anhedonia is the lowered ability to experience pleasure from rewarding or enjoyable activities and is considered a symptom of depression. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are frequently accompanied by psychiatric disorders such as depression. However, to our knowledge, studies have yet to investigate the anhedonia in these patients. Our aim was to study the level of anhedonia in patients with IBD and IBS in comparison with healthy controls (HC), and to relate anhedonia levels with the severity of abdominal pain. Methods We consecutively recruited IBD and IBS patients. All patients fulfilled the Snaith‐Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS), a self‐rating scale consisting of 14 items that cover the domains of social interaction, food, and drink, sensory experiences, achievement and pastimes, and the Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II) to screen for depression. Moreover, we calculated abdominal pain on a (0‐100) Visual Analog Scale (VAS) in all patients. Key Results We enrolled 120 patients (64 IBD and 56 IBS) and 81 HC. Among IBD patients, 34 had Crohn's disease and 30 ulcerative colitis. All patients as a whole had significantly higher SHAPS and BDI‐II scores than HC (1.3 ± 1.5 vs 0.8 ± 0.1; P = 0.01 and 10.4 ± 7.5 vs 5.9 ± 4.9; P < 0.001, respectively), while no significant differences were found among groups. SHAPS score showed a significant correlation in only a few statements of BDI‐II. In our cohort, a multivariate regression analysis showed that SHAPS score was significantly related to current abdominal pain (0‐100 VAS) (P = 0.03) independent of gender and age. Conclusions and Inferences The level of anhedonia was higher in all patients compared to healthy controls. The more the subject is anhedonic, the higher the VAS scale for abdominal pain. This study suggests that anhedonia would need to be very carefully weighed in IBD and IBS patients.
Luna Carpinelli; Cristina Bucci; Antonella Santonicola; Fabiana Zingone; Carolina Ciacci; Paola Iovino. Anhedonia in irritable bowel syndrome and in inflammatory bowel diseases and its relationship with abdominal pain. Neurogastroenterology & Motility 2018, 31, e13531 .
AMA StyleLuna Carpinelli, Cristina Bucci, Antonella Santonicola, Fabiana Zingone, Carolina Ciacci, Paola Iovino. Anhedonia in irritable bowel syndrome and in inflammatory bowel diseases and its relationship with abdominal pain. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 2018; 31 (3):e13531.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuna Carpinelli; Cristina Bucci; Antonella Santonicola; Fabiana Zingone; Carolina Ciacci; Paola Iovino. 2018. "Anhedonia in irritable bowel syndrome and in inflammatory bowel diseases and its relationship with abdominal pain." Neurogastroenterology & Motility 31, no. 3: e13531.
The present study examines the factorial structure and assesses the psychometric properties of the adapted multidimensional Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II Scale, considering a sample of Italian university students who participated to an online survey. The original 52-items Scale showed a high overall internal consistency. Four of the six subscales were associated with good values of the Cronbach’s α coefficient, whereas two subscales had lower values. Hence corrected item-total correlation was calculated and 26 items that decreased the scale’s reliability were deleted. The remaining 26 items were first subjected to Principal Component Analysis that suggested a conceptually meaningful five-factor model. This result was further supported by the first-order confirmatory factor analysis, in which all the factor loadings were statistically significant. The internal consistency and the composite reliability for the reduced version of the Scale and its subscales have shown a good reliability for the measurement models. The multidimensionality of the scale was also confirmed by a second-order factor model.
Giulia Savarese; Luna Carpinelli; Pierpaolo Cavallo; Maria Prosperina Vitale. Italian Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Students’ Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale. Health 2018, 10, 1554 -1575.
AMA StyleGiulia Savarese, Luna Carpinelli, Pierpaolo Cavallo, Maria Prosperina Vitale. Italian Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Students’ Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale. Health. 2018; 10 (11):1554-1575.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulia Savarese; Luna Carpinelli; Pierpaolo Cavallo; Maria Prosperina Vitale. 2018. "Italian Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Students’ Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale." Health 10, no. 11: 1554-1575.
Many studies have shown the correlation between bruxism and stress that affects the quality of life of university students. The present study highlights this correlation—for the first time—in a group of university students in Italy. We have investigated the prevalence of awake and asleep bruxism and its correlation with perceived stress in a group of 278 Italian undergraduate students (117 M). A self report questionnaire was constructed using a socio-demographic test, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the item n. 8 of the Fonseca Questionnaire for presence of bruxism. The perceived stress score using PSS-10 scale was 32.2 (SD 4.6, 95% CL 31.6–32.7) for all the subjects, with significant gender difference: M = 31.2 and F = 32.9 (P = 0.0019). The prevalence for awake bruxism was 37.9% (F = 40.8%; M = 34.2%,), while for sleep bruxism was 31.8% (F = 33.3%; M = 29.1%), both without significant gender difference. A positive correlation, with significant concordance and dependence, between stress score and awake bruxism was present for male students only. University students showed higher bruxism and stress levels compared to the general population, with higher stress for females, but, even if female students show higher stress, a correlation between stress and bruxism exists only for male gender. Further studies should be performed.
Pierpaolo Cavallo; Luna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese. Perceived stress and bruxism in university students. BMC Research Notes 2016, 9, 1 -6.
AMA StylePierpaolo Cavallo, Luna Carpinelli, Giulia Savarese. Perceived stress and bruxism in university students. BMC Research Notes. 2016; 9 (1):1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierpaolo Cavallo; Luna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese. 2016. "Perceived stress and bruxism in university students." BMC Research Notes 9, no. 1: 1-6.
The analysis of the representations of the health of their students by teachers is key to the understanding of the attitudes and behaviors that, in general, take place inside the school community and the educational processes. In fact, social attitudes by teachers and individual within the school environment are often the result of simple categorization and stereotypes, which hinder the process of evolutionary change. On these premises it was necessary to investigate the level of knowledge of the epilepsy syndrome, the representations by a group of teachers of the quality of life of people with epilepsy and the representations of the interpersonal relationships between students with epilepsy and their classmates. We used an ad hoc questionnaire, with 33 multiple choice answers, focusing on these variables: work seniority, experience with epileptic students, special education or main teacher. The sample consisted of 113 female teachers with a mean age of 44.4. There aren't significant differences between the answers of special education and main teachers: a) teachers with work seniority > 11 years showed a more than adequate knowledge of information about epilepsy. Moreover, in case of seizure in the classroom, first aid is to call an ambulance rather than administering rescue drugs; b) teachers, who have had a real experience, represent the epileptic student as more limited in the possibilities of getting married, having children, finding a job, and practising a sport; c) teachers, who have had a student with epilepsy don't report interpersonal relationships with his/her classmates as being difficult. Moreover, they claim to have inadequate knowledge of the educational strategies needed to integrate the epileptic student with his/her classmates; d) there are some different answers for primary school teachers and for secondary school teachers. Teachers demonstrate inaccurate information about epilepsy, its impact in educational contexts and management of seizures in the classroom. Also, critical areas have emerged indicating efforts should focus on education, sharing the role of teacher, awareness and integration in the class group.
Giulia Savarese; Luna Carpinelli; Daniela D’Elia; Giangennaro Coppola. Teachers of various school grades and representations of epilepsy: problems, relational aspects and perspectives of life quality. Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2015, 41, 70 .
AMA StyleGiulia Savarese, Luna Carpinelli, Daniela D’Elia, Giangennaro Coppola. Teachers of various school grades and representations of epilepsy: problems, relational aspects and perspectives of life quality. Italian Journal of Pediatrics. 2015; 41 (1):70.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulia Savarese; Luna Carpinelli; Daniela D’Elia; Giangennaro Coppola. 2015. "Teachers of various school grades and representations of epilepsy: problems, relational aspects and perspectives of life quality." Italian Journal of Pediatrics 41, no. 1: 70.
Luna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese. Educazione sessuale e prevenzione degli abusi sessuali sui minori: esiti ed intervento di una ricerca-azione. MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL'INFANZIA 2015, 117 -128.
AMA StyleLuna Carpinelli, Giulia Savarese. Educazione sessuale e prevenzione degli abusi sessuali sui minori: esiti ed intervento di una ricerca-azione. MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL'INFANZIA. 2015; (2):117-128.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuna Carpinelli; Giulia Savarese. 2015. "Educazione sessuale e prevenzione degli abusi sessuali sui minori: esiti ed intervento di una ricerca-azione." MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL'INFANZIA , no. 2: 117-128.
This section presents the definition of Network Science, and its fundamentals and attributes, the main mathematical aspects of the study of networks and the parameters, or quantitative indicators, used to study and analyze a network from a mathematical point of view. It introduces the concept of “Network Medicine,” the science that studies biological and medical phenomena from the point of view of networks.
Pierpaolo Cavallo; Sergio Pagano; Luna Carpinelli. The Drug Prescription Process: A Network Medicine Approach. Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health 2012, 537 -562.
AMA StylePierpaolo Cavallo, Sergio Pagano, Luna Carpinelli. The Drug Prescription Process: A Network Medicine Approach. Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health. 2012; ():537-562.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierpaolo Cavallo; Sergio Pagano; Luna Carpinelli. 2012. "The Drug Prescription Process: A Network Medicine Approach." Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health , no. : 537-562.
Il lavoro è basato su solidi costrutti teorici indicati da Neff, quali comprensione di se stessi, non isolamento e consapevolezza del proprio vissuto doloroso: la self-compassion, in particolare, è considerata una innovativa strategia di regolazione emotiva, in cui i sentimenti dolorosi e angoscianti non sono evitati dal soggetto, ma sono invece detenuti con consapevolezza, secondo quanto proposto da Folkman e Moskowitz. La ricerca include due fasi, una quantitativa ed una esperienziale. Nella prima, due gruppi, uno di donne vittime di violenza di genere ed uno di controllo, sono valutate con una batteria di tests. Gli strumenti usati nella prima fase includono scale di misura della violenza sessuale, del benessere, del quadro psicopatologico e, naturalmente, della self-compassion; i risultati attesi prevedono che quest'ultima possa essere concettualizzata come una strategia di coping che promuove il positivo funzionamento soggettivo ed il benessere psicologico. La seconda fase della ricerca, cioè quella esperienziale, prevede la realizzazione di un percorso di supporto psicologico costruito sulla tecnica TFC, ovvero la Terapia Focalizzata sulla Compassione. Il percorso, dal suggestivo nome di "Compassionevol-Mente", prevede un intervento terapeutico multimodale, legato ad approcci cognitivo-comportamentali, ma non solo, teso a permettere alla paziente di prendere distanza dal coinvolgimento e giungere ad una ristrutturazione cognitiva, aiutandola a sviluppare regolazione emotiva, autoefficacia personale e mindfullness. La partecipazione di centri anti violenza e associazioni contro la violenza di genere fornisce a questa ricerca un forte radicamento nella realtà sociale e culturale della Campania, legando in tal modo la realtà accademica al territorio, come sempre dovrebbe essere perché l'Università sia un vero attore della società civile.
Luna Carpinelli. Self-Compassion, Personal Well-Being ed Empowerment nelle donne vittime di maltrattamento. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleLuna Carpinelli. Self-Compassion, Personal Well-Being ed Empowerment nelle donne vittime di maltrattamento. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuna Carpinelli. 2021. "Self-Compassion, Personal Well-Being ed Empowerment nelle donne vittime di maltrattamento." , no. : 1.