Guido Miccinesi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1740174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guido Miccinesi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guido |
| FAMILY NAME | Miccinesi |
| SIGNATURE | MICCINESI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7452-9594 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is widely regarded as a component of good end-of-life care. However, findings from a qualitative international study of patient and family caregiver attitudes and preferences regarding ACP highlight participants’ ambivalence towards confronting the future and the factors underlying their motivation to accept or defer anticipatory planning. They show how ACP impacts on, and can be determined by, relationships between pa…
Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors
Background: Growing evidence indicates that physical/sporting activities may improve the health outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Since recent reports have suggested that sailing can improve the psychophysical well-being and QoL of people with disabilities, this pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of a tailored sailing experience on the QoL and psychological distress (PD) of BC survivors. Methods: A group of …
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
Hospitalisations at the end of life in four European countries
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of cross-national population-based research on hospitalisations of people at the end of life. We aimed to compare, in four European countries, the frequency, time, length of and factors associated with hospitalisations in the last 3 months of life. METHODS: Population-based mortality follow-back study via Sentinel Networks of general practitioners (GPs) in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Using a standardi…
Experience of an information aid for newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients
Background The SIMS‐Trial (ISRCTN81072971) proved the effectiveness, in terms of patient’s knowledge and care satisfaction, of an add‐on information aid (personal interview with a physician using a navigable CD and take‐home booklet) in 120 newly diagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) from five Italian centres. Objective To scrutinize the experience of SIMS‐Trial participants in order to gain better understanding of the effectiveness of …
P1-161 The burden of cancer
Introduction Due to changes in cancer-related risk factors, improvements in diagnostic procedures and treatments, and the ageing of the population in most developed countries, cancer accounts for an increasing proportion of healthcare expenditures. Measuring the burden of disease is of great interest to public health researchers and policy makers. The objective of this study is: (1) to reconstruct the cancer pathway, which is subdivided into thre…
Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries
Death certificate data provide information on place of death and on possibly associated factors and confounders in all studied countries. Hence, death certificate data provide a unique opportunity for cross-national studying and monitoring of place of death. However, modifications of certain aspects of death certificate registration and rules of data-protection are perhaps required to make international monitoring of place of death more feasible …
End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in end-of-life decision-making in patients dying at home, in a hospital or in a care home. DESIGN: A death certificate study: certifying physicians from representative samples of death certificates, taken between June 2001 and February 2002, were sent questionnaires on the end-of-life decision-making preceding the patient's death. SETTING: Four European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerl…
Dying of cancer in Italy
Objective: To describe the effect of terminal cancer on the patient’s family, finances and daily life. Methods: A cluster sample of 2000 adults (⩾18 years old) who had died from cancer, and who were representative of Italy, was studied. 1900 caregivers were identified and 68% responded to a post-bereavement survey. Caregivers included the patient’s child (46%), his/her spouse (31%), other relatives or friends (20%) or a health professional (3%). …
Physicians' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
Physicians' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions
End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in end-of-life decision-making in patients dying at home, in a hospital or in a care home. DESIGN: A death certificate study: certifying physicians from representative samples of death certificates, taken between June 2001 and February 2002, were sent questionnaires on the end-of-life decision-making preceding the patient's death. SETTING: Four European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerl…
Physicians' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions
Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries
Death certificate data provide information on place of death and on possibly associated factors and confounders in all studied countries. Hence, death certificate data provide a unique opportunity for cross-national studying and monitoring of place of death. However, modifications of certain aspects of death certificate registration and rules of data-protection are perhaps required to make international monitoring of place of death more feasible …
End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in end-of-life decision-making in patients dying at home, in a hospital or in a care home. DESIGN: A death certificate study: certifying physicians from representative samples of death certificates, taken between June 2001 and February 2002, were sent questionnaires on the end-of-life decision-making preceding the patient's death. SETTING: Four European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerl…
Dying of cancer in Italy
Objective: To describe the effect of terminal cancer on the patient’s family, finances and daily life. Methods: A cluster sample of 2000 adults (⩾18 years old) who had died from cancer, and who were representative of Italy, was studied. 1900 caregivers were identified and 68% responded to a post-bereavement survey. Caregivers included the patient’s child (46%), his/her spouse (31%), other relatives or friends (20%) or a health professional (3%). …
P1-161 The burden of cancer
Introduction Due to changes in cancer-related risk factors, improvements in diagnostic procedures and treatments, and the ageing of the population in most developed countries, cancer accounts for an increasing proportion of healthcare expenditures. Measuring the burden of disease is of great interest to public health researchers and policy makers. The objective of this study is: (1) to reconstruct the cancer pathway, which is subdivided into thre…
Experience of an information aid for newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients
Background The SIMS‐Trial (ISRCTN81072971) proved the effectiveness, in terms of patient’s knowledge and care satisfaction, of an add‐on information aid (personal interview with a physician using a navigable CD and take‐home booklet) in 120 newly diagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) from five Italian centres. Objective To scrutinize the experience of SIMS‐Trial participants in order to gain better understanding of the effectiveness of …
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
Hospitalisations at the end of life in four European countries
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of cross-national population-based research on hospitalisations of people at the end of life. We aimed to compare, in four European countries, the frequency, time, length of and factors associated with hospitalisations in the last 3 months of life. METHODS: Population-based mortality follow-back study via Sentinel Networks of general practitioners (GPs) in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Using a standardi…
Tailored Sailing Experience to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors
Background: Growing evidence indicates that physical/sporting activities may improve the health outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Since recent reports have suggested that sailing can improve the psychophysical well-being and QoL of people with disabilities, this pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of a tailored sailing experience on the QoL and psychological distress (PD) of BC survivors. Methods: A group of …
Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is widely regarded as a component of good end-of-life care. However, findings from a qualitative international study of patient and family caregiver attitudes and preferences regarding ACP highlight participants’ ambivalence towards confronting the future and the factors underlying their motivation to accept or defer anticipatory planning. They show how ACP impacts on, and can be determined by, relationships between pa…
Medicine (10 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Disease (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)