Elena Vegni
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1409446 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elena Vegni |
| PRENOMES | Elena |
| SOBRENOME | Vegni |
| ASSINATURA | VEGNI E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4785-5837 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Perceived workplace stressors and professional experiences of clinical embryologists working in Italy and Spain
Introduction: The well being of clinical embryologists remains a largely neglected aspect in the field of reproductive medicine, despite their critical role in the success of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) procedures. Embryologists manage complex tasks that require high precision and involve significant responsibilities, ranging from manual laboratory procedures to quality control and patient communication. This study aimed to investigate …
Coping with moral distress
Our findings suggest that psychological strategies used to cope with moral distress seemed partially distinct from those used for emotional distress. Future research is needed to explore possible distinctions between general coping and moral coping. In the future, identifying strategies associated with different levels of moral distress could inform and guide the implementation of preventive interventions for HPs
A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of Covid-19
The exceptional circumstances of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are making the grief processes challenging for families who are losing a relative for COVID-19. This community case study aimed to describe a phone-based primary preventive psychological intervention that has been delivered to these families by the Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital. In particular, the article reports how the intervention has been organized …
The Many Faces of Covid-19 at a Glance
In March 2020, northern Italy became the second country worldwide most affected by Covid-19 and the death toll overtook that in China. Hospital staff soon realized that Covid-19 was far more severe than expected from the few data available at that time. The Covid-19 pandemic forced hospitals to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances. We report our experience in a general teaching hospital in Milan, the capital of Lombardy, the most affected are…
Phone follow up to families of Covid ‐19 patients who died at the hospital
A proportion of persons affected by coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) die and do so in extraordinary circumstances. This can make grief management extremely challenging for families. The Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital offered a bereavement follow‐up call to such families. This study aimed to explore the families' experiences and needs collected during these calls, and the role that the psychologists played through the call. A tot…
Psychological Challenges for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Borghi, Lidia PhD; POLI, Silvia MS; Furfaro, Federica MD, PhD; Allocca, Mariangela MD, PhD; Vegni, Elena Anna Maria MS Author Information
Moral Distress Trajectories of Physicians 1 Year after the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted emergency and critical care physicians with unprecedented ethically challenging situations. The aim of this paper was to explore physicians' experience of moral distress during the pandemic. A qualitative multicenter study was conducted using grounded theory. We recruited 15 emergency and critical care physicians who worked in six hospitals from the Lombardy region of Italy. Semi-structured interviews about th…
Hospital Employees’ Well-Being Six Months after the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak has taken a heavy toll on the mental well-being of healthcare workers. This study aims to describe a psychological screening program developed at a large University Hospital in Milan, Italy, and assess the psychological outcomes of employees and associated factors. A survey was electronically conducted among hospital employees between July and October 2020. Sociodemographic data, information about COVID-19 experience and thr…
Twelve Years of the Italian Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills (PERCS)
To describe the experience of the Italian Program to Enhance Relations and Communication Skills (PERCS-Italy) for difficult healthcare conversations. PERCS-Italy has been offered in two different hospitals in Milan since 2008. Each workshop lasts 5 h, enrolls 10-15 interdisciplinary participants, and is organized around simulations and debriefing of two difficult conversations. Before and after the workshops, participants rate their preparation, …
Are we dreaming or are we awake? A quali-quantitative analysis of dream narratives and dreaming process during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictive measures taken against the spread of the contagion can be considered as traumatic events having a major impact on mental health. Dreams after undergoing traumatic experiences could “replay” traumatic scenes or have a para-therapeutic role that facilitates connections between a traumatic event and associated emotions. However, the studies carried out thus far in the field of sleep and dreams during the COV…
Covid-19 emergency in the hospital
The present commentary describes the main care services implemented by the clinical psychology unit of an Italian hospital to cope with the COVID-19 emergency outbreak. The unit's main goal has been to support and protect health care professionals, relatives of hospitalized patients, and patients themselves from further psychological distress. Details and insights are shared. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Clinicians' moral distress and family satisfaction in the intensive care unit
This study explored the relationship between clinicians' moral distress and family satisfaction with care in five intensive care units in Italy. A total of 122 clinicians (45 physicians and 77 nurses) and 59 family members completed the Italian Moral Distress Scale-Revised and the Family Satisfaction in the ICU questionnaire, respectively. Clinicians' moral distress inversely correlated with family satisfaction related to the inclusion in the dec…
Difficult encounters with a hemophilic patient
This study aimed at exploring the hematologists' internal representation of a difficult encounter with a hemophilic patient, using a written open format. Narrations were analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three main issues were identified, each with sub-issues: (1) Inside the relationship: to tell or not to tell, the balance between a normal life and a deviant medical condition, the guilt; (2) The borders of the professional …
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Difficult encounters with a hemophilic patient
This study aimed at exploring the hematologists' internal representation of a difficult encounter with a hemophilic patient, using a written open format. Narrations were analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three main issues were identified, each with sub-issues: (1) Inside the relationship: to tell or not to tell, the balance between a normal life and a deviant medical condition, the guilt; (2) The borders of the professional …
Covid-19 emergency in the hospital
The present commentary describes the main care services implemented by the clinical psychology unit of an Italian hospital to cope with the COVID-19 emergency outbreak. The unit's main goal has been to support and protect health care professionals, relatives of hospitalized patients, and patients themselves from further psychological distress. Details and insights are shared. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Clinicians' moral distress and family satisfaction in the intensive care unit
This study explored the relationship between clinicians' moral distress and family satisfaction with care in five intensive care units in Italy. A total of 122 clinicians (45 physicians and 77 nurses) and 59 family members completed the Italian Moral Distress Scale-Revised and the Family Satisfaction in the ICU questionnaire, respectively. Clinicians' moral distress inversely correlated with family satisfaction related to the inclusion in the dec…
A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of Covid-19
The exceptional circumstances of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are making the grief processes challenging for families who are losing a relative for COVID-19. This community case study aimed to describe a phone-based primary preventive psychological intervention that has been delivered to these families by the Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital. In particular, the article reports how the intervention has been organized …
The Many Faces of Covid-19 at a Glance
In March 2020, northern Italy became the second country worldwide most affected by Covid-19 and the death toll overtook that in China. Hospital staff soon realized that Covid-19 was far more severe than expected from the few data available at that time. The Covid-19 pandemic forced hospitals to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances. We report our experience in a general teaching hospital in Milan, the capital of Lombardy, the most affected are…
Phone follow up to families of Covid ‐19 patients who died at the hospital
A proportion of persons affected by coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) die and do so in extraordinary circumstances. This can make grief management extremely challenging for families. The Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital offered a bereavement follow‐up call to such families. This study aimed to explore the families' experiences and needs collected during these calls, and the role that the psychologists played through the call. A tot…
Psychological Challenges for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Borghi, Lidia PhD; POLI, Silvia MS; Furfaro, Federica MD, PhD; Allocca, Mariangela MD, PhD; Vegni, Elena Anna Maria MS Author Information
Moral Distress Trajectories of Physicians 1 Year after the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted emergency and critical care physicians with unprecedented ethically challenging situations. The aim of this paper was to explore physicians' experience of moral distress during the pandemic. A qualitative multicenter study was conducted using grounded theory. We recruited 15 emergency and critical care physicians who worked in six hospitals from the Lombardy region of Italy. Semi-structured interviews about th…
Hospital Employees’ Well-Being Six Months after the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak has taken a heavy toll on the mental well-being of healthcare workers. This study aims to describe a psychological screening program developed at a large University Hospital in Milan, Italy, and assess the psychological outcomes of employees and associated factors. A survey was electronically conducted among hospital employees between July and October 2020. Sociodemographic data, information about COVID-19 experience and thr…
Twelve Years of the Italian Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills (PERCS)
To describe the experience of the Italian Program to Enhance Relations and Communication Skills (PERCS-Italy) for difficult healthcare conversations. PERCS-Italy has been offered in two different hospitals in Milan since 2008. Each workshop lasts 5 h, enrolls 10-15 interdisciplinary participants, and is organized around simulations and debriefing of two difficult conversations. Before and after the workshops, participants rate their preparation, …
Are we dreaming or are we awake? A quali-quantitative analysis of dream narratives and dreaming process during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictive measures taken against the spread of the contagion can be considered as traumatic events having a major impact on mental health. Dreams after undergoing traumatic experiences could “replay” traumatic scenes or have a para-therapeutic role that facilitates connections between a traumatic event and associated emotions. However, the studies carried out thus far in the field of sleep and dreams during the COV…
Perceived workplace stressors and professional experiences of clinical embryologists working in Italy and Spain
Introduction: The well being of clinical embryologists remains a largely neglected aspect in the field of reproductive medicine, despite their critical role in the success of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) procedures. Embryologists manage complex tasks that require high precision and involve significant responsibilities, ranging from manual laboratory procedures to quality control and patient communication. This study aimed to investigate …
Coping with moral distress
Our findings suggest that psychological strategies used to cope with moral distress seemed partially distinct from those used for emotional distress. Future research is needed to explore possible distinctions between general coping and moral coping. In the future, identifying strategies associated with different levels of moral distress could inform and guide the implementation of preventive interventions for HPs
Medicine (11 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Psychiatry (6 obras) · Nursing (5 obras) · Psychotherapist (5 obras) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (4 obras) · Clinical Psychology (4 obras) · Disease (4 obras) · Distress (4 obras)