Publications by authors named "A Gimigliano"
Background: The crowding of emergency departments (EDs) is one of the major poor-quality factors for patients. Because of this, measuring ED performance in Healthcare Systems is a difficult but an important task needed to enhance quality and efficiency.
Purpose: (i) Development of a tool to observe and evaluate performance measurement, analysing two critical variables (quality and efficiency), verifying the change in performance due to the implementation of a new organizational model; (ii) the implementation of the tool in two EDs with comparable annual volumes of activity in the Italian context.
: Sport-related musculoskeletal injuries (MSK-Is) are a common health issue in athletes that can lead to reduced performance. The aim of this scoping review was to synthetize available evidence on injury incidence rates (IIRs), types, and sites that affect the musculoskeletal (MSK) system of adult athletes. : We performed a scoping review on the Pubmed database limiting our search to 33 Olympic sports.
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- The study aims to assess and explain financial toxicity (FT) experienced by cancer patients in Italy despite having a public healthcare system that minimizes out-of-pocket expenses.
- Conducted across ten oncological centers in diverse regions of Italy, the research involved 184 cancer patients aged 18 and older who were undergoing or had recently completed active treatment.
- A 30-item questionnaire was used to measure FT, revealing a robust score system with high reliability and internal consistency, highlighting key factors that contribute to FT in this patient population.
Psychological Distress and Work Environment Perception by Physical Therapists from Southern Italy during COVID-19 Pandemic: The C.A.L.A.B.R.I.A Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
September 2021
The psychosocial impact of the work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic on health professionals is a growing issue. The present study examined specific psychosocial work environment indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a multiple regression model of a self-administered cross-sectional online survey in a cohort of physical therapists from a region of Southern Italy from March 2020 to May 2021. The questionnaire contained items on work and healthcare issues related to COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence that COVID-19 lockdown had on the epidemiology of soccer musculoskeletal injuries during 2019/2020 Italian First Football League Serie A in professional football players.
Methods: In this retrospective study we analyzed records from media-based platform (Trasfermarkt, https://www.transfermarkt.