Maria Cristina De Cola
Biographic Data
| ID | 7144549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Cristina De Cola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | De Cola |
| SIGNATURE | DE COLA M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7509-3833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A hub and spoke model to supply the Sicilian neurorehabilitation demand
Introduction: Cerebrovascular diseases in Sicily have led to high mortality and healthcare challenges, with a notable gap between healthcare demand and supply. The mobility of patients seeking care, both within and outside Sicily, has economic and organizational impacts on the healthcare system. The Hub and Spoke model implemented by the IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo" of Messina aims to distribute advanced neurorehabilitation services thr…
Toward social-health integration in Sicily
Introduction The study describes a hub and spoke network for neuro-rehabilitation recently activated in Sicily, and evaluates the before-after changes yielded, in terms of integrated care. Methods A set of indicators based on data contained in the administrative database of inpatients of the Regional Health System are presented and discussed. Statistical analysis was conducted both globally and separately for the 9 Sicilian provinces (Agrigento, …
Feasibility and Effectiveness of Speech Intervention Implemented with a Virtual Reality System in Children with Developmental Language Disorders
Language disorders are characterized by impairments in verbal expression/understanding, including difficulties with one or more language components. The Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS) is a bioelectromedical device equipped with exercise sections aimed at improving cognitive and language deficits. It also increases patient motivation and engagement. The aim of our study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of VRRS intervention to…
Communication Training
Communication constitutes an essential aspect of teamwork. This is especially true for audit teams, where communication takes place not only within the work group but also with the audit recipients. For this reason, given the poor evidence in the literature, communication training was carried out on an audit team. Training was divided into 10 meetings of two hours each, with the meetings taking place over 2 months. Questionnaires were administere…
Bone Health Status in Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Background and Objectives : Osteoporosis is a metabolic skeletal disease resulting in low bone mass with increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. May lead to rapid loss of bone mineral density (BMD) due to physical inactivity and reduced muscle contractions. Generally, the diagnosis of osteoporosis is made using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), by measuring BMD and the trabecular bone score (TBS), which can be useful for detectin…
Audit and feedback in cardio– and cerebrovascular setting
Adopting audit and feedback (A&F) strategies could be a suitable healthcare intervention to fulfill the challenge of monitoring and improving clinical guidelines in evidence-based medicine. Indeed, A&F is used to encourage professionals to better adhere to standard guidelines to improve healthcare performance. Briefly, an audit is an inspection of professional practice in comparison to professional standards or targets whose results are subsequen…
Use of Virtual Reality in Children with Dyslexia
In recent years, the study of dyslexia has seen rapid progress in definition and classification, neuropsychological correlates, neurobiological factors, and intervention. However, there are few studies on how virtual reality can affect improving cognitive domains and cross-cutting pedagogical skills. We, therefore, tested intervention through the use of a virtual reality rehabilitation system (VRRS) in children with dyslexia. Twenty-eight patient…
Unmet Needs for Family Caregivers of Elderly People With Dementia Living in Italy
Care of the elderly with dementia represents one of the major challenges for the modern society worldwide. The burden of dementia care often falls on the family members, entailing heavy psychosocial and economic consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the caregiver's perspective concerning the support for disease management on behalf of the physicians and the local Sicilian administrations (Italy), and the burden of care and effects o…
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Unmet Needs for Family Caregivers of Elderly People With Dementia Living in Italy
Care of the elderly with dementia represents one of the major challenges for the modern society worldwide. The burden of dementia care often falls on the family members, entailing heavy psychosocial and economic consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the caregiver's perspective concerning the support for disease management on behalf of the physicians and the local Sicilian administrations (Italy), and the burden of care and effects o…
Audit and feedback in cardio– and cerebrovascular setting
Adopting audit and feedback (A&F) strategies could be a suitable healthcare intervention to fulfill the challenge of monitoring and improving clinical guidelines in evidence-based medicine. Indeed, A&F is used to encourage professionals to better adhere to standard guidelines to improve healthcare performance. Briefly, an audit is an inspection of professional practice in comparison to professional standards or targets whose results are subsequen…
Use of Virtual Reality in Children with Dyslexia
In recent years, the study of dyslexia has seen rapid progress in definition and classification, neuropsychological correlates, neurobiological factors, and intervention. However, there are few studies on how virtual reality can affect improving cognitive domains and cross-cutting pedagogical skills. We, therefore, tested intervention through the use of a virtual reality rehabilitation system (VRRS) in children with dyslexia. Twenty-eight patient…
Toward social-health integration in Sicily
Introduction The study describes a hub and spoke network for neuro-rehabilitation recently activated in Sicily, and evaluates the before-after changes yielded, in terms of integrated care. Methods A set of indicators based on data contained in the administrative database of inpatients of the Regional Health System are presented and discussed. Statistical analysis was conducted both globally and separately for the 9 Sicilian provinces (Agrigento, …
Feasibility and Effectiveness of Speech Intervention Implemented with a Virtual Reality System in Children with Developmental Language Disorders
Language disorders are characterized by impairments in verbal expression/understanding, including difficulties with one or more language components. The Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS) is a bioelectromedical device equipped with exercise sections aimed at improving cognitive and language deficits. It also increases patient motivation and engagement. The aim of our study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of VRRS intervention to…
Communication Training
Communication constitutes an essential aspect of teamwork. This is especially true for audit teams, where communication takes place not only within the work group but also with the audit recipients. For this reason, given the poor evidence in the literature, communication training was carried out on an audit team. Training was divided into 10 meetings of two hours each, with the meetings taking place over 2 months. Questionnaires were administere…
Bone Health Status in Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Background and Objectives : Osteoporosis is a metabolic skeletal disease resulting in low bone mass with increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. May lead to rapid loss of bone mineral density (BMD) due to physical inactivity and reduced muscle contractions. Generally, the diagnosis of osteoporosis is made using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), by measuring BMD and the trabecular bone score (TBS), which can be useful for detectin…
A hub and spoke model to supply the Sicilian neurorehabilitation demand
Introduction: Cerebrovascular diseases in Sicily have led to high mortality and healthcare challenges, with a notable gap between healthcare demand and supply. The mobility of patients seeking care, both within and outside Sicily, has economic and organizational impacts on the healthcare system. The Hub and Spoke model implemented by the IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo" of Messina aims to distribute advanced neurorehabilitation services thr…
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Physical therapy (4 works) · Rehabilitation (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Intervention (counseling (3 works) · Neurorehabilitation (3 works) · Audit (2 works) · Business (2 works)