Sense of Coherence in Nurses: A Systematic Review.

: Nurses experience high levels of distress due to the nature of their work and workplaces; Antonovsky's salutogenic theory shows that individual and work-related factors can influence human health. The aim of this paper is to analyze the possible correlations with different work-related and individual variables, which influence or are influenced by Sense of Coherence (SOC) and verify the possible use of SOC scales to prevent negative health determinants in workplaces. : Electronic databases were searched with selected studies compared for sample, sample size, study design and basic results.

Intensive tobacco cultivations, a possible public health risk?

The cultivation of tobacco has serious consequences for the environment: it impoverishes the soil by assimilating its nutrients, it involves an intensive use of highly polluting pesticides, it perturbs the ecosystem through deforestation, and it releases nicotine into the environment, which is toxic for humans. Italy is the first producer of raw tobacco in Europe and the Valtiberina area is among the most profitable. The first cultivations can be reconducted to the period around 1400.

Seasonal Variation in Skin Cancer Diagnosis.

Purpose: Seasonality of skin cancer is well known, and it is influenced by a number of variables, such as exposure and personal characteristics, but also health service factors. We investigated the variations in the diagnosis melanoma skin cancer (MSC) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) during the year.

Methods: We analyzed incident cases recorded in the Umbria Regional Cancer registry from 1994 to 2010 (1745 cases of MSC, 50% females, and 15,992 NMSC, 41% females).

Cancer burden trends in Umbria region using a joinpoint regression.

Introduction: The analysis of the epidemiological data on cancer is an important tool to control and evaluate the outcomes of primary and secondary prevention, the effectiveness of health care and, in general, all cancer control activities.

Materials And Methods: The aim of the this paper is to analyze the cancer mortality in the Umbria region from 1978 to 2009 and incidence from 1994-2008. Sex and site-specific trends for standardized rates were analyzed by "joinpoint regression", using the surveillance epidemiology and end results (SEER) software.

Epidemiologic surveillance of mesothelioma in Umbria.

Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is becoming a prominent health issue due to its low survival and for its increasing incidence in various countries. The objectives of this study were to evaluate epidemiological characteristics and trends of MM in the Umbrian Region for the period 2003-2013.

Methods: All cases of MM reported to Umbrian Population Cancer Registry between 2003 and 2013.

Incidence of multiple primary cancers following respiratory tract cancer in Umbria, Italy.

Unlabelled: Improvements in cancer survival and life expectancy have placed a focus on long-term risks following a primary cancer, including that of developing other primary malignancies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk, in patients with respiratory tract cancers, of developing a second primary malignancy.

Methods: Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) of observed to expected cases were calculated for residents of Umbria diagnosed with laryngeal and lung cancer between 1994 and 2008.

Effect of healthcare on mortality: trends in avoidable mortality in Umbria, Italy, 1994-2009.

Objective: Avoidable mortality trends over the period 1994-2009 were calculated to evaluate health intervention by the health system of Umbria, a region of central Italy.

Materials And Methods: Mortality data were supplied by the regional causes of death registry. Rates were standardized to the 2001 census Italian population.