Search Results - "Carreras, Giulia"
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Use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products during the Covid-19 pandemic
Published in Scientific reports (13-01-2022)“…Only a few studies investigated changes in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and heated tobacco product (HTP) use during pandemic restrictions. We conducted a…”
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A compartmental model for smoking dynamics in Italy: a pipeline for inference, validation, and forecasting under hypothetical scenarios
Published in BMC medical research methodology (13-07-2024)“…We propose a compartmental model for investigating smoking dynamics in an Italian region (Tuscany). Calibrating the model on local data from 1993 to 2019, we…”
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The Association of Tobacco Smoking, Second-hand Smoke, and Novel Tobacco Products With COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in Italy: Results From the COSMO-IT Study
Published in Journal of Epidemiology (05-07-2023)“…Background: Despite the robust evidence of an excess risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and mortality in ever smokers, the debate on the role…”
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Advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer: A 6-country, cluster-randomised clinical trial
Published in PLoS medicine (13-11-2020)“…Advance care planning (ACP) supports individuals to define, discuss, and record goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care. Despite being…”
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National burden of cancer in Italy, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017
Published in Scientific reports (16-12-2020)“…We monitored the burden of cancer in Italy and its trends over the last three decades, providing estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost,…”
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Prevention Lab: a predictive model for estimating the impact of prevention interventions in a simulated Italian cohort
Published in BMC public health (12-10-2024)“…A large fraction of the disease burden in the Italian population is due to behavioral risk factors. The objective of this work is to provide a tool to estimate…”
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Lung cancer and smoking: years lived with disability in Tuscany (Italy). An analysis from the ACAB study
Published in BMC public health (03-10-2024)“…Lung cancer (LC) is among the most common neoplasms, mostly caused by smoking. This study, carried out within the ACAB project, aims to provide local, updated…”
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Who Smokes in Europe? Data From 12 European Countries in the TackSHS Survey (2017-2018)
Published in Journal of epidemiology (05-02-2021)“…Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date…”
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Extensive Testing May Reduce COVID-19 Mortality: A Lesson From Northern Italy
Published in Frontiers in medicine (14-07-2020)“…The effects of different COVID-19 swab testing policies in Italy need investigation. We examined the relationship between the number of COVID-19 swab tests…”
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Prevalence of tobacco smoking and electronic cigarette use among adolescents in Italy: Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS), 2010, 2014, 2018
Published in Preventive medicine (01-02-2020)“…This research aims to study tobacco smoking and vaping among adolescents in Italy through three repeat national cross sectional surveys conducted before (in…”
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Burden of disease from exposure to secondhand smoke in children in Europe
Published in Pediatric research (01-07-2021)“…Background Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home and fetal SHS exposure during pregnancy are a major cause of disease among children. The aim of this study…”
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Missing not at random in end of life care studies: multiple imputation and sensitivity analysis on data from the ACTION study
Published in BMC medical research methodology (09-01-2021)“…Missing data are common in end-of-life care studies, but there is still relatively little exploration of which is the best method to deal with them, and, in…”
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Impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the burden of hepatitis B and C diseases in Southern European countries
Published in BMC public health (20-06-2024)“…The economic crisis that began in 2008 has severely affected Southern (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain) Western European (SWE) countries of Western Europe (WE)…”
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on gambling habit: A cross-sectional study from Italy
Published in Journal of behavioral addictions (01-09-2021)“…Background and aims: Few preliminary studies have shown an impact of COVID-19 confinement on gambling habits. We aim to evaluate short-term effects of lockdown…”
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Healthcare use and healthcare costs for patients with advanced cancer; the international ACTION cluster-randomised trial on advance care planning
Published in Palliative medicine (01-05-2023)“…Background: Advance care planning supports patients to reflect on and discuss preferences for future treatment and care. Studies of the impact of advance care…”
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Measuring for change: A multi-centre pre-post trial of an air quality feedback intervention to promote smoke-free homes
Published in Environment international (01-07-2020)“…•Remote air quality feedback is feasible as a smoke-free homes intervention strategy.•Intervention households experienced small but statistically significant…”
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Effectiveness of a school-based multi-component smoking prevention intervention: The LdP cluster randomized controlled trial
Published in Preventive medicine (01-04-2014)“…Abstract Objective We assessed the effectiveness of the Luoghi di Prevenzione-Prevention Grounds school-based smoking prevention programme. Methods We…”
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Estimating the probabilities of making a smoking quit attempt in Italy: stall in smoking cessation levels, 1986-2009
Published in BMC public health (12-03-2012)“…No data on annual smoking cessation probability (i.e., the probability of successfully quit in a given year) are available for Italy at a population level…”
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Tobacco endgame in the WHO European Region: Feasibility in light of current tobacco control status
Published in Tobacco induced diseases (01-11-2023)“…INTRODUCTIONTo assess the feasibility of developing World Health Organization (WHO) European Region countries' goals and measures in line with tobacco endgame…”
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Italy SimSmoke: the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking attributable deaths in Italy
Published in BMC public health (29-08-2012)“…While Italy has implemented some tobacco control policies over the last few decades, which resulted in a decreased smoking prevalence, there is still…”
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