Publications by authors named "P A Gioffre"
Purpose: The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate whether occupational exposure to low doses of pollutants present in the air of the city selected for the study could cause alterations in the concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in workers from the Municipal Police with outdoor tasks, compared to those with indoor tasks.
Methods: A total of 208 non-smoking male and female subjects were enrolled and divided on the basis of whether their tasks were mainly outdoors or indoors. The dosage of plasma ANP was carried out on all workers included in the study.
Background: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) is currently considered the standard of care for suitable patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. We sought to assess very long-term outcome after PMV.
Methods: Between 1991 and 2010, 482 consecutive patients underwent successful PMV in a single center.
Article Synopsis
- The study assesses the reliability and validity of the psychosocial risk scale within the Stress Questionnaire (SQ) developed by the research team.
- It involved a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on data from 2026 employees across 15 medium-large Italian companies, examining various factors like work stress and bullying.
- Findings show that the psychosocial risk scale is reliable and valid, effectively measuring work-related stress from both leadership and employee perspectives.
Background: Typesetting industry is still the primary instrument of communication, despite the development of new technological systems. This study focuses on the analysis of the hepatic effects induced by the use of some organic solvents employed in the printing industry.
Methods: We studied a group of 194 workers: 93 exposed and 101 not exposed.
Background: The purpose of this study is to assess whether occupational exposure to low doses of nickel (Ni) present in urban air can cause alterations in the concentration of plasma testosterone in workers of the Municipal Police of a large Italian city assigned to different types of outdoor tasks.
Methods: 359 male subjects were included in the study and divided on the basis of job, age, length of service and smoking habits. The dosage of the atmospheric Ni was performed by personal dosimetries on a sample of the workers included in the study.