Luca Bastiani

Dr. Luca Bastiani


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 May 2018 in Addiction
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SMSabrina Molinaro
Sabrina Molinaro
EBElisa Benedetti
Elisa Benedetti
Marco Scalese UrciuoliMarco Scalese Urciuoli
Marco Scalese Urciuoli
LBluca bastiani
luca bastiani
LFLoredana Fortunato
Loredana Fortunato
TLTanja Urdih Lazar
Tanja Urdih Lazar

4 December 2011 in Journal of Gambling Studies
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LBluca bastiani
luca bastiani
MGMercedes Gori
Mercedes Gori
ECEmanuela Colasante
Emanuela Colasante
VSValeria Siciliano
Valeria Siciliano
DCDaniela Capitanucci
Daniela Capitanucci
SMSabrina Molinaro
Sabrina Molinaro

18 September 2020 in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
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FAFulvio Adorni
Fulvio Adorni
FPFederica Prinelli
Federica Prinelli
Fabrizio BianchiFabrizio Bianchi
Fabrizio Bianchi
AGAndrea Giacomelli
Andrea Giacomelli
GPGabriele Pagani
Gabriele Pagani
MGMassimo Galli
Massimo Galli
Background: Understanding the occurrence of symptoms resembling those of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a large nonhospitalized population at the peak of the epidemic in Italy is of paramount importance; however, data are currently scarce. Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the association of self-reported symptoms with SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) test results in nonhospitalized individuals and to estimate the occurrence of symptoms associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a larger nontested population. Methods: EPICOVID19 is a self-administered cross-sectional voluntary web-based survey of adults throughout Italy who completed an anonymous questionnaire in the period of April 13 to 21, 2020. The associations between symptoms potentially related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and NPS results were calculated as adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% CIs by multiple logistic regression analysis controlling for age, sex, education, smoking habits, and number of comorbidities. Thereafter, for each symptom and for combinations of the symptoms, we calculated the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and areas under the curve (AUCs) in a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to estimate the occurrence of COVID-19–like infection in the nontested population. Results: A total of 171,310 people responded to the survey, of whom 102,543 (59.9%) were women; mean age 47.4 years. Out of the 4785 respondents with known NPS test results, 4392 were not hospitalized. Among the 4392 nonhospitalized respondents, those with positive NPS tests (856, 19.5%) most frequently reported myalgia (527, 61.6%), olfactory and taste disorders (507, 59.2%), cough (466, 54.4%), and fever (444, 51.9%), whereas 7.7% were asymptomatic. Multiple regression analysis showed that olfactory and taste disorders (aOR 10.3, 95% CI 8.4-12.7), fever (aOR 2.5, 95% CI 2.0-3.1), myalgia (aOR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2-1.8), and cough (aOR 1.3, 95% CI 1.0-1.6) were associated with NPS positivity. Having two to four of these symptoms increased the aOR from 7.4 (95% CI 5.6-9.7) to 35.5 (95% CI 24.6-52.2). The combination of the four symptoms showed an AUC of 0.810 (95% CI 0.795-0.825) in classifying positive NPS test results and then was applied to the nonhospitalized and nontested sample (n=165,782). We found that 7739 to 20,103 of these 165,782 respondents (4.4% to 12.1%) had experienced symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 infection. Conclusions: Our results suggest that self-reported symptoms are reliable indicators of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a pandemic context. A nonnegligible number of symptomatic respondents (up to 12.1%) were undiagnosed and potentially contributed to the spread of the infection. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04471701; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04471701

15 October 2020 in European Journal of Applied Physiology
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Simona Mrakic-SpostaSimona Mrakic-Sposta
Simona Mrakic-Sposta
MGMaristella Gussoni
Maristella Gussoni
DDDellanoce Dellanoce
Dellanoce Dellanoce
MMMauro Marzorati
Mauro Marzorati
Michela MontorsiMichela Montorsi
Michela Montorsi
AVAlessandra Vezzoli
Alessandra Vezzoli

30 March 2017 in Universal Access in the Information Society
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SASilvia Artoni
Silvia Artoni
LBluca bastiani
luca bastiani
Maria Claudia BuzziMaria Claudia Buzzi
Maria Claudia Buzzi
MBMarina Buzzi
Marina Buzzi
Olivia CurzioOlivia Curzio
Olivia Curzio
caterina senettecaterina senette
caterina senette

1 April 2013 in Addictive Behaviors
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LBluca bastiani
luca bastiani
VSV. Siciliano
V. Siciliano
Olivia CurzioOlivia Curzio
Olivia Curzio
CLC. Luppi
C. Luppi
MGM. Gori
M. Gori
SMSabrina Molinaro
Sabrina Molinaro