Cost-consequence analysis of influenza vaccination among the staff of a large teaching hospital in Rome, Italy: A pilot study.

Flu vaccination, as well as being effective to prevent seasonal influenza, decreases staff illness and absenteeism and reduces costs resulting from loss of productivity. Despite the effectiveness of flu vaccination, the seasonal coverage among healthcare workers is usually low. The aim of this retrospective observational study was to analyze the vaccination coverage rate among all employees (healthcare workers and administrative staff) of a large teaching hospital in Rome during the 2017-2018 influenza season, to perform a cost-consequence analysis of influenza vaccination (by evaluating the absenteeism due to illness in the epidemic period), and to assess the impact of vaccination in terms of both costs and sick days.

[Effectiveness of a postnatal psychological treatment for women who had screened positive for depression].

Aim: This study evaluates the effectiveness of a psychological intervention based on a brief cognitive behavioural and psycho-educational treatment for women suffering from post partum depression.

Method: The sample was recruited within a programme of screening and early intervention for post partum depression risk. 1558 women were screened between the 6th and 12th week after birth.

[Positive screening and risk factors of postpartum depression in women who attended antenatal courses].

Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of women screened positive for postpartum depression (PPD) and to investigate the main risk factors for PPD, in a large sample of Italian women.

Method: The sample (N=567) was recruited as part of 91 antenatal courses. Women were screened between the 6th and 12th week after birth, by filling the EPDS (Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale).

[Effectiveness of a manualized cognitive-behavioural intervention for postnatal depression].

Aim: Important guidelines recommend cognitive-behavioural interventions for postnatal depression but in the clinical practice they are not really diffused. This study describes the results and effectiveness of a structured cognitive-behavioural intervention implemented in a public mental health department.

Methods: The study involved 54 depressed women drawn from a community screening programme for postnatal depression in Bergamo province.

[Prevalence and risk factors of postnatal depression among women attending antenatal courses].

Aims: Postnatal depression, the most frequent complication occurring after pregnancy, is often not recognized. The prevalence of postnatal depression is currently considered to be 10-15% in western countries. A wide range of risk factors related to postnatal depression were researched in international studies.

[Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment in social phobia: a description of the results obtained in a public mental health service].

Objective: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the treatment of Social Phobia has proved effective through several controlled trials and meta-analyses. In spite of this the CBT has not spread in clinical field yet. Therefore our aim was to verify the effectiveness of the CBT in a public mental health service and to compare our results with those described by experimental research.