Publications by authors named "Francesca Pozza"
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- - The study explores the relationship between frailty and health status in older patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), utilizing the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) for health assessment.
- - Out of 168 patients screened, 138 were enrolled, revealing that 14.5% were frail and the median health status score was 66.
- - Results indicated that factors like age and frailty level significantly impacted health status, suggesting future research could further clarify how frailty affects quality of life and prognosis in these patients.
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- * A study involving 34 women (17 with cancer history and 17 without) examined their emotions and experiences surrounding childbirth and feeding across three key moments: during pregnancy, hospitalization, and three months postpartum.
- * Findings revealed that women with a cancer history initially felt more judged about breastfeeding but ended up breastfeeding more frequently and reported higher satisfaction with their feeding experiences by three months postpartum, indicating that support for breastfeeding is crucial for this group.
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- * Results indicated that 10% of patients were frail and nearly half (46%) exhibited depressive symptoms, both of which were linked to poorer perceptions of social support and increased conflict with caregivers.
- * The findings suggest that tertiary care clinics should enhance support for patient-caregiver relationships to ultimately improve the patients' quality of life.
The subjective perception of cardiac symptom severity is considered a main treatment target in the management of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis (CA), as opposed to objective prognostic markers such as N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), which objectively reflects the severity of heart disease. Nevertheless, anxious and depressive symptoms in patients with CA might affect subjects perceptions of disease, creating a potential gap between objective and subjective parameters. We assess the impact of such bias in consecutive patients with CA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since 2010 Veneto region (North-Eastern Italy) planned a special integrated surveillance of summer fevers to promptly identify cases of West Nile Fever (WNF), dengue (DENV) and chikungunya (CHIKV). The objectives of this study were (i) To increase the detection rate of imported CHIKV and DENV cases in travellers from endemic areas and promptly identify potential autochthonous cases.(ii) To detect autochthonous cases of WNF, besides those of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND) that were already included in a national surveillance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn 2005, universal varicella vaccination was introduced in the Veneto region, Italy. We examined trends in varicella incidence and hospitalization rates before and after vaccine introduction, and applied statistical models to assess vaccine effectiveness. Varicella incidence rates for 2000-2008 were calculated from the mandatory regional surveillance data and from a special surveillance system based on reports from a sample of family pediatricians that during the study period followed more than 40,000 children.
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