Publications by authors named "Laura Montecchio"
Article Synopsis
- Previous research has suggested that spirituality and religiosity might affect health and mental health, prompting this study to explore their relationship with cocaine use.
- A systematic review analyzed twenty observational studies, of which fifteen indicated that higher levels of religiosity corresponded with lower cocaine use among both adults and adolescents.
- Despite these findings, some studies showed mixed results or associations in specific groups; thus, further longitudinal research is needed to confirm these relationships and strengthen preventive approaches centered around religious involvement for youth.
Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, with an increasing incidence and prevalence because of progressively aging populations. Costs related to AF are both direct and indirect. This systematic review aims to identify the main cost drivers of the illness, assess the potential economic impact resulting from changes in care strategies, and propose interventions where they are most needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation between religiosity or spirituality and internet addiction: A systematic review.
Front Public Health
December 2022
Introduction: The literature provides evidence of religiosity being associated with physical and mental health, and also with behavioral addictions. This systematic review examines the data on the link between religiosity or spirituality and the emerging internet addictions.
Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted in the PubMed and Scopus databases to identify observational (cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control) studies conducted on adolescents and young adults to investigate the association between religiosity or spirituality and internet addiction.
Objectives: To collect and summarise all current data from observational studies, generating evidence of the association between health literacy (HL) and the dietary intake of sugar, salt and fat, to analyse intervention studies on the promotion of an appropriate dietary intake of the above-mentioned nutrients and to ascertain whether HL moderates the efficacy of such intervention.
Design: A systematic literature search of analytical observational studies on the association between HL and dietary intake of sugar, salt and fat was performed in Medline and Scopus databases. Intervention studies on the promotion of healthy nutrition that concerned the intake of sugar, salt and fat were also assessed.