Publications by authors named "Luca Barlascini"
Moral Distress in the Italian PICUs: The Role of Individual and Organizational Factors.
Pediatr Crit Care Med
November 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how individual and organizational factors contribute to moral distress among clinicians in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in Italy, based on a survey of 612 healthcare professionals.
- Results indicated that nurses and those without spiritual beliefs experienced more moral distress, while organizational factors like a medium number of admissions, a low nurse-to-patient ratio, and the exclusion of parents during examinations notably heightened moral distress levels.
- Ultimately, the research concluded that organizational factors significantly impact moral distress more than individual characteristics like resilience or profession.
It is important for HIV positive patients to be engaged in their care and be adherent to treatment in order to reduce disease progression and mortality. Studies found that illness representations influence adherence through the mediating role of coping behaviors. However, no study has ever tested if patient engagement to the visits mediate the relationship between illness perceptions and adherence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Moral distress is a common experience among critical care professionals, leading to frustration, withdrawal from patient care, and job abandonment. Most of the studies on moral distress have used the Moral Distress Scale or its revised version (Moral Distress Scale-Revised). However, these scales have never been validated through factor analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An increasing amount of literature has studied changes in communication skills in medical and nursing undergraduate students.
Aim: To evaluate whether occupational therapists' communication behaviours change with experience.
Material And Methods: A total of 45 participants (second-year OT students, final-year OT students, professional OTs) were enrolled and met three simulated clients.