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Ms. Georgia Casanova
INRCA (IRCCS) - National Institute of Health & Science on Ageing

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Review
Published: 01 March 2021 in Journal of Medical Internet Research
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Background In the last decades, the relationship between social networking sites (SNSs) and older people’s loneliness is gaining specific relevance. Studies in this field are often based on qualitative methods to study in-depth self-perceived issues, including loneliness and well-being, or quantitative surveys to report the links between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and older people’s well-being or loneliness. However, these nonexperimental methods are unable to deeply analyze the causal relationship. Moreover, the research on older people’s SNS use is still scant, especially regarding its impact on health and well-being. In recent years, the existing review studies have separately focused their attention on loneliness and social isolation of older people or on the use of ICTs and SNSs in elderly populations without addressing the relationship between the former and the latter. This thorough qualitative review provides an analysis of research performed using an experimental or quasi-experimental design that investigates the causal effect of ICT and SNS use on elderly people’s well-being related to loneliness. Objective The aims of this review are to contrast and compare research designs (sampling and recruitment, evaluation tools, interventions) and the findings of these studies and highlight their limitations. Methods Using an approach that integrates the methodological framework for scoping studies and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews, we identified 11 articles that met our inclusion criteria. A thematic and content analysis was performed based on the ex post categorization of the data on the selected studies, and the data were summarized in tables. Results The analysis of the selected articles showed that: (1) ICT use is positively but weakly related to the different measures of older people’s well-being and loneliness, (2) overall, the studies under review lack a sound experimental design, (3) the main limitations of these studies lie in the lack of rigor in the sampling method and in the recruitment strategy. Conclusions The analysis of the reviewed studies confirms the existence of a beneficial effect of ICT use on the well-being of older people in terms of reduced loneliness. However, the causal relationship is often found to be weak. This review highlights the need to study these issues further with adequate methodological rigor.

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Georgia Casanova; Daniele Zaccaria; Elena Rolandi; Antonio Guaita. The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23, e23588 .

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Georgia Casanova, Daniele Zaccaria, Elena Rolandi, Antonio Guaita. The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021; 23 (3):e23588.

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Georgia Casanova; Daniele Zaccaria; Elena Rolandi; Antonio Guaita. 2021. "The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies." Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 3: e23588.

Journal article
Published: 28 October 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Older adults are less familiar with communication technology, which became essential to maintain social contacts during the COVID-19 lockdown. The present study aimed at exploring how older adults, previously trained for Social Networking Sites (SNSs) use, experienced the lockdown period. In the first two weeks of May 2020, telephone surveys were conducted with individuals aged 81–85 years and resident in Abbiategrasso (Milan), who previously participated in a study aimed at evaluating the impact of SNSs use on loneliness in old age (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04242628). We collected information on SNSs use, self-perceived loneliness, and social engagement with family and friends. Interviewed participants were stratified as trained (N = 60) and untrained (N = 70) for SNSs use, based on their attendance to group courses held the previous year as part of the main experimental study. The groups were comparable for sociodemographics and clinical features. Participants trained for SNSs use reported significantly higher usage of SNSs and reduced feeling of being left out. Compared to pre-lockdown levels, individuals trained for SNSs use showed a lighter reduction in social contacts. These findings support the utility of training older adults for SNSs use in order to improve their social inclusion, even in extreme conditions of self-isolation and perceived vulnerability.

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Elena Rolandi; Roberta Vaccaro; Simona Abbondanza; Georgia Casanova; Laura Pettinato; Mauro Colombo; Antonio Guaita. Loneliness and Social Engagement in Older Adults Based in Lombardy during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Long-Term Effects of a Course on Social Networking Sites Use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 7912 .

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Elena Rolandi, Roberta Vaccaro, Simona Abbondanza, Georgia Casanova, Laura Pettinato, Mauro Colombo, Antonio Guaita. Loneliness and Social Engagement in Older Adults Based in Lombardy during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Long-Term Effects of a Course on Social Networking Sites Use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (21):7912.

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Elena Rolandi; Roberta Vaccaro; Simona Abbondanza; Georgia Casanova; Laura Pettinato; Mauro Colombo; Antonio Guaita. 2020. "Loneliness and Social Engagement in Older Adults Based in Lombardy during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Long-Term Effects of a Course on Social Networking Sites Use." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 7912.

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Published: 18 August 2020
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BACKGROUND In the last decades, the relationship between social networking sites (SNSs) and older people’s loneliness is gaining specific relevance. Studies in this field are often based on qualitative methods to study in-depth self-perceived issues, including loneliness and well-being, or quantitative surveys to report the links between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and older people’s well-being or loneliness. However, these nonexperimental methods are unable to deeply analyze the causal relationship. Moreover, the research on older people’s SNS use is still scant, especially regarding its impact on health and well-being. In recent years, the existing review studies have separately focused their attention on loneliness and social isolation of older people or on the use of ICTs and SNSs in elderly populations without addressing the relationship between the former and the latter. This thorough qualitative review provides an analysis of research performed using an experimental or quasi-experimental design that investigates the causal effect of ICT and SNS use on elderly people’s well-being related to loneliness. OBJECTIVE The aims of this review are to contrast and compare research designs (sampling and recruitment, evaluation tools, interventions) and the findings of these studies and highlight their limitations. METHODS Using an approach that integrates the methodological framework for scoping studies and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews, we identified 11 articles that met our inclusion criteria. A thematic and content analysis was performed based on the ex post categorization of the data on the selected studies, and the data were summarized in tables. RESULTS The analysis of the selected articles showed that: (1) ICT use is positively but weakly related to the different measures of older people’s well-being and loneliness, (2) overall, the studies under review lack a sound experimental design, (3) the main limitations of these studies lie in the lack of rigor in the sampling method and in the recruitment strategy. CONCLUSIONS The analysis of the reviewed studies confirms the existence of a beneficial effect of ICT use on the well-being of older people in terms of reduced loneliness. However, the causal relationship is often found to be weak. This review highlights the need to study these issues further with adequate methodological rigor.

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Georgia Casanova; Daniele Zaccaria; Elena Rolandi; Antonio Guaita. The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies (Preprint). 2020, 1 .

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Georgia Casanova, Daniele Zaccaria, Elena Rolandi, Antonio Guaita. The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies (Preprint). . 2020; ():1.

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Georgia Casanova; Daniele Zaccaria; Elena Rolandi; Antonio Guaita. 2020. "The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies (Preprint)." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 30 July 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Austerity measures on services provision, introduced due to recent economic crises, have stimulated the search for innovative welfare solutions, including options that are not directly or entirely funded by public sources. In Italy, recent legislation has promoted the development of occupational welfare (OW) measures, aimed at strengthening the supply of services to support employees with informal (elder) care responsibilities. This paper aims to describe how the newly introduced OW schemes might innovate existing care arrangements, by identifying their impact on the different actors involved in home care provision (care recipients, family carers, home care service providers and migrant care workers), as well as at a macro level in terms of promoting social innovation. The international relevance of the Italian case comes from the fact that it is one of the more representative familistic care regimes, largely characterized by home care provided by informal carers and migrant care workers (MCW). The importance of Italian OW schemes is increasing, and in 2018 their presence in company-level bargaining agreements grew by more than 15%. A rapid review of the literature and expert interviews allowed us to describe the complex Italian OW schemes system, and to identify the positive implications of their application for the country’s long-term care (LTC) context, underlining what makes these measures a clear example of “social innovation” likely to have a future positive impact on home-based care in Italy.

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Georgia Casanova; Mirko Di Rosa; Oliver Fisher; Giovanni Lamura. Between Migrant Care Work and New Occupational Welfare Tools: Changing Home Care Arrangements in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5511 .

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Georgia Casanova, Mirko Di Rosa, Oliver Fisher, Giovanni Lamura. Between Migrant Care Work and New Occupational Welfare Tools: Changing Home Care Arrangements in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (15):5511.

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Georgia Casanova; Mirko Di Rosa; Oliver Fisher; Giovanni Lamura. 2020. "Between Migrant Care Work and New Occupational Welfare Tools: Changing Home Care Arrangements in Italy." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5511.

Journal article
Published: 15 July 2020 in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
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An ageing society poses unprecedented challenges to societies. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), including Social Networking Sites (SNSs), may contribute to contrast loneliness and social isolation in old age. Despite of the potentialities of SNSs, there is only a handful of studies assessing the causal relationship of SNS use and older people's well-being. This paper aims to provide further evidence on the design of randomised controlled trials exploring the causal impact of SNS use on loneliness and social isolation in old age. The Aging in a Networked Society-Social Experiment Study (ANS-SE) is a randomised controlled trial conducted on people aged 75 and over residing in a town located in the Milan area (Italy) aiming to assess the impact of SNS use on loneliness and social isolation (i.e. the primary outcomes of this study). The study is constituted of two stages, i.e. the baseline and the follow up. The experiment is structured into one treatment group and two control groups; the interventions are the attendance to a course on SNS use (T1) and lifestyle education and brain functioning (C1). The inactive control group (C) is constituted of a waiting list. We will perform bivariate and regression analysis. The study has been approved by the Ethic Committee of the University of Milano Bicocca (prot. 431/2019) and was registered at Clinical Trials.gov (NCT04242628). Written consent was obtained from all respondents. Results from the study will be discussed with the local community and stakeholders, presented in national and international conferences and published in leading peer-review journals. The consent forms, the anonymised dataset, and the relevant statistical codes will be deposited with the Italian Unidata archive, also in charge of releasing the data to the public, upon a short embargo period.

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Daniele Zaccaria; Antonio Guaita; Roberta Vaccaro; Georgia Casanova; Simona Abbondanza; Laura Pettinato; Gabriele Cerati; Elena Rolandi; Emanuela Sala. Assessing the impact of Social Networking Site use on older people's loneliness and social isolation. A randomized controlled trial: The Aging in a Networked Society-Social Experiment Study (ANS-SE). Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2020, 19, 100615 -100615.

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Daniele Zaccaria, Antonio Guaita, Roberta Vaccaro, Georgia Casanova, Simona Abbondanza, Laura Pettinato, Gabriele Cerati, Elena Rolandi, Emanuela Sala. Assessing the impact of Social Networking Site use on older people's loneliness and social isolation. A randomized controlled trial: The Aging in a Networked Society-Social Experiment Study (ANS-SE). Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2020; 19 ():100615-100615.

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Daniele Zaccaria; Antonio Guaita; Roberta Vaccaro; Georgia Casanova; Simona Abbondanza; Laura Pettinato; Gabriele Cerati; Elena Rolandi; Emanuela Sala. 2020. "Assessing the impact of Social Networking Site use on older people's loneliness and social isolation. A randomized controlled trial: The Aging in a Networked Society-Social Experiment Study (ANS-SE)." Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 19, no. : 100615-100615.

Journal article
Published: 31 March 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The debate on policies addressing the challenges posed by population ageing pays increasing attention to sustainable and innovative ways to tackle the multidimensional impact this phenomenon has on society and individuals. Moving from the findings of two European research projects, a qualitative study based on a rapid review of the literature, expert interviews, focus groups and case studies analysis has been carried out in Italy. This study illustrates which social innovations have been recently implemented in this country’s long-term care (LTC) sector, and the areas in which further steps are urgently needed in the future. This takes place by first highlighting the existing links between social innovation and LTC, and then by identifying the key factors that can facilitate or hinder the implementation of these initiatives. Finally, the study suggests how to promote social innovation, by strengthening the “integration” and “coordination” of available services and resources, through a—for this country still relatively—new approach towards ageing, based on pillars such as prevention and education campaigns on how to promote well-being in older age.

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Georgia Casanova; Andrea Principi; Giovanni Lamura. Social Innovation in Long-Term Care: Lessons from the Italian Case. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 2367 .

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Georgia Casanova, Andrea Principi, Giovanni Lamura. Social Innovation in Long-Term Care: Lessons from the Italian Case. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (7):2367.

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Georgia Casanova; Andrea Principi; Giovanni Lamura. 2020. "Social Innovation in Long-Term Care: Lessons from the Italian Case." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7: 2367.

Research article
Published: 21 September 2019 in Journal of Aging and Health
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Objective: Our article aims to investigate changes in the rate of informal care provision, which occurred in Israel and Italy in the last decade. In addition, we analyze typology and magnitude of the main factors contributing to explain the probability of providing informal care. Method: We used data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) at two selected time points (2006/2007 and 2015). Results: The probability of offering social support to elder family members who live outside the household has been trending down substantially over the years. The likelihood of providing unpaid care is significantly higher when one performs volunteer or charitable work and/or engages in leisure activities, and the importance of these two variables has been growing over the years. Discussion: Israel and Italy have experienced over the years a remarkable decline in the share of older adults providing informal care. The article helps to identify which factors have been associated with this phenomenon.

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Aviad Tur-Sinai; Georgia Casanova; Giovani Lamura. Changes in the Provision of Family Care to Frail Older People in Familistic Welfare States: Lessons From Israel and Italy. Journal of Aging and Health 2019, 32, 972 -986.

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Aviad Tur-Sinai, Georgia Casanova, Giovani Lamura. Changes in the Provision of Family Care to Frail Older People in Familistic Welfare States: Lessons From Israel and Italy. Journal of Aging and Health. 2019; 32 (9):972-986.

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Aviad Tur-Sinai; Georgia Casanova; Giovani Lamura. 2019. "Changes in the Provision of Family Care to Frail Older People in Familistic Welfare States: Lessons From Israel and Italy." Journal of Aging and Health 32, no. 9: 972-986.

Research articles
Published: 31 March 2019 in Journal of Aging & Social Policy
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Social innovations in long-term care (LTC) may be useful in more effective responses to the challenges of population aging for Western societies. One of the most investigated aspects in this regard is the role of family/informal care and strategies to improve its integration into the formal care system, yielding a more holistic care approach that may enhance opportunities for aging in place. This article reports the findings of a comparative research focusing on the Italian and Israeli LTC systems as representative of the Mediterranean "family-based" care model. To analyze the innovative solutions that have been adopted or are needed to improve LTC provision in these two contexts, focus groups and expert interviews have been carried out in both countries to identify the most relevant challenges and responses to them and to highlight promising policies and strategies to be adopted or up-scaled in the future. These include multidisciplinary case and care management, a stronger connection between prevention and LTC provision, and more systematic recognition of the role and limits of informal caregivers' contributions.

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Georgia Casanova; Aviad Tur-Sinai; Giovanni Lamura. Innovating Long-Term Care Provision in Mediterranean Welfare States: A Comparison Between Italy and Israel. Journal of Aging & Social Policy 2019, 32, 55 -82.

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Georgia Casanova, Aviad Tur-Sinai, Giovanni Lamura. Innovating Long-Term Care Provision in Mediterranean Welfare States: A Comparison Between Italy and Israel. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2019; 32 (1):55-82.

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Georgia Casanova; Aviad Tur-Sinai; Giovanni Lamura. 2019. "Innovating Long-Term Care Provision in Mediterranean Welfare States: A Comparison Between Italy and Israel." Journal of Aging & Social Policy 32, no. 1: 55-82.

Journal article
Published: 20 September 2016 in Journal of Aging & Social Policy
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Georgia Casanova; Giovanni Lamura; Andrea Principi. Valuing and Integrating Informal Care as a Core Component of Long-Term Care for Older People: A Comparison of Recent Developments in Italy and Spain. Journal of Aging & Social Policy 2016, 29, 1 -17.

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Georgia Casanova, Giovanni Lamura, Andrea Principi. Valuing and Integrating Informal Care as a Core Component of Long-Term Care for Older People: A Comparison of Recent Developments in Italy and Spain. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2016; 29 (3):1-17.

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Georgia Casanova; Giovanni Lamura; Andrea Principi. 2016. "Valuing and Integrating Informal Care as a Core Component of Long-Term Care for Older People: A Comparison of Recent Developments in Italy and Spain." Journal of Aging & Social Policy 29, no. 3: 1-17.

Original investigation
Published: 12 March 2016 in European Journal of Ageing
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Religious attendance is an important element of activity for older Europeans, especially in more traditional countries. The aim of the analysis is to explore whether it could be an element contributing to active ageing as well as to assess differences between the religious activity of older individuals with and without multimorbidity defined as an occurrence of two or more illnesses. The analysis is conducted based on the SHARE database (2010–2011) covering 57,391 individuals 50+ from 16 European countries. Logistic regressions are calculated to assess predictors of religious activity. Results point that religious activity often occurs in multimorbidity what could be driven by the need for comfort and compensation from religion. It is also significantly correlated with other types of social activities: volunteering or learning, even among the population with multimorbidity. There is a positive relation between religious activity and age, although its effect is weaker in the case of multimorbidity, as well as being female. Mobility limitations are found to decrease religious participation in both morbidity groups and might be related to discontinuation of religious practices in older age. The economic situation of older individuals is an insignificant factor for religious attendance. Religious attendance can be an element of active ageing, but also a compensation and adaptation to disadvantages occurring in older age and multimorbidity. At the same time, religious activities are often provided at the community level and targeted to population in poorer health.

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Agnieszka Sowa; Stanisława Golinowska; Dorly Deeg; Andrea Principi; Georgia Casanova; Katherine Schulmann; Stefania Ilinca; Ricardo Rodrigues; Amilcar Moreira; Henrike Gelenkamp. Predictors of religious participation of older Europeans in good and poor health. European Journal of Ageing 2016, 13, 145 -157.

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Agnieszka Sowa, Stanisława Golinowska, Dorly Deeg, Andrea Principi, Georgia Casanova, Katherine Schulmann, Stefania Ilinca, Ricardo Rodrigues, Amilcar Moreira, Henrike Gelenkamp. Predictors of religious participation of older Europeans in good and poor health. European Journal of Ageing. 2016; 13 (2):145-157.

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Agnieszka Sowa; Stanisława Golinowska; Dorly Deeg; Andrea Principi; Georgia Casanova; Katherine Schulmann; Stefania Ilinca; Ricardo Rodrigues; Amilcar Moreira; Henrike Gelenkamp. 2016. "Predictors of religious participation of older Europeans in good and poor health." European Journal of Ageing 13, no. 2: 145-157.

Journal article
Published: 04 March 2014 in Journal of Cancer Education
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a central theme in health practice and training. The understanding of EBM technical terms and the familiarity with EBM resources were surveyed in four different health professional categories. A self-administered questionnaire on the familiarity with EBM terminology and resources was proposed to 218 health professionals (physicians, translational researchers, nurses, and others) working in the oncology field. Relationships between variable and familiarity were examined: Pearson χ 2 or exact Fisher test was used for the categorical variables and one-way ANOVA for the continuous ones. The odds of familiarity for subjects, who had followed or not at least one EBM course, were estimated fitting a multiple logistic regression model adjusted for age, gender, and profession. All subjects completed the questionnaire. The majority of health personnel seemed to lack a sound knowledge of key EBM terms and sources. Physicians showed the highest knowledge of terms, nurses the lowest. Physicians also declared the largest familiarity with the widest variety of resources, followed by others and the researchers. The most popular resource was PLNG, the Italian Guideline System. People who attended at least one EBM course showed consistently higher percentages of knowledge, but the association was irrelevant for nurses. The main perceived barrier to implement EBM in practice was a lack of personal time. Familiarity of health professionals with EBM terminology and resources is still limited to the medical field and needs to be improved. Increasing education may be pivotal, even if different approaches should be developed for different professional categories.

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Donatella Ugolini; Georgia Casanova; Marcello Ceppi; Francesca Mattei; Monica Neri. Familiarity of Physicians, Translational Researchers, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals with Evidence-Based Medicine Terms and Resources. Journal of Cancer Education 2014, 29, 514 -521.

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Donatella Ugolini, Georgia Casanova, Marcello Ceppi, Francesca Mattei, Monica Neri. Familiarity of Physicians, Translational Researchers, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals with Evidence-Based Medicine Terms and Resources. Journal of Cancer Education. 2014; 29 (3):514-521.

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Donatella Ugolini; Georgia Casanova; Marcello Ceppi; Francesca Mattei; Monica Neri. 2014. "Familiarity of Physicians, Translational Researchers, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals with Evidence-Based Medicine Terms and Resources." Journal of Cancer Education 29, no. 3: 514-521.

Journal article
Published: 14 December 2011 in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
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Advances in molecular epidemiology and translational research have led to the need for biospecimen collection. The Cancer of the Respiratory Tract (CREST) biorepository is concerned with pleural malignant mesothelioma (MM) and lung cancer (LC). The biorepository staff has collected demographic and epidemiological data directly from consenting subjects using a structured questionnaire, in agreement with The Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G). Clinical and follow-up data were collected. Sample data were also recorded. The architecture is based on a database designed with Microsoft Access. Data standardization was carried out to conform with established conventions or procedures. As from January 31, 2011, the overall number of recruited subjects was 1,857 (454 LC, 245 MM, 130 other cancers and 1,028 controls). Due to its infrastructure, CREST was able to join international projects, sharing samples and/or data with other research groups in the field. The data management system allows CREST to be involved, through a minimum data set, in the national project for the construction of the Italian network of Oncologic BioBanks (RIBBO), and in the infrastructure of a pan-European biobank network (BBMRI). The CREST biorepository is a valuable tool for translational studies on respiratory tract diseases, because of its simple and efficient infrastructure.

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Donatella Ugolini; Monica Neri; Luca Bennati; Pier Aldo Canessa; Georgia Casanova; Cecilia Lando; Giacomo Leoncini; Paola Marroni; Barbara Parodi; Claudio Simonassi; Stefano Bonassi. CREST biorepository for translational studies on malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and other respiratory tract diseases: Informatics infrastructure and standardized annotation. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 2011, 3, 540 -546.

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Donatella Ugolini, Monica Neri, Luca Bennati, Pier Aldo Canessa, Georgia Casanova, Cecilia Lando, Giacomo Leoncini, Paola Marroni, Barbara Parodi, Claudio Simonassi, Stefano Bonassi. CREST biorepository for translational studies on malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and other respiratory tract diseases: Informatics infrastructure and standardized annotation. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 2011; 3 (3):540-546.

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Donatella Ugolini; Monica Neri; Luca Bennati; Pier Aldo Canessa; Georgia Casanova; Cecilia Lando; Giacomo Leoncini; Paola Marroni; Barbara Parodi; Claudio Simonassi; Stefano Bonassi. 2011. "CREST biorepository for translational studies on malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and other respiratory tract diseases: Informatics infrastructure and standardized annotation." Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3, no. 3: 540-546.