Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Pubblicazioni

Salute preconcezionale e fertilità

The impact of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility-A systematic review and meta-analysis. Zaçe D, La Gatta E, Petrella L, Di Pietro ML. Vaccine. 2022 Sep 12;40(42):6023–34. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36137903; PMCID: PMC9464596.

- A comprehensive assessment of preconception health needs and interventions regarding women of childbearing age: a systematic review.  Zaçe D, Orfino A., et al. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 2022; 63: E174-E199

- Perceived knowledge, coping and diagnostic-therapeutic pathways of infertile couples trying to conceive: an Italian survey. Di Pietro ML, Zaçe D, Poscia A, Marana R. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2021 May 4. doi: 10.23736/S2724-606X.21.04800-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33944525.

- Creation and validation of a questionnaire to assess pre-conceptional health needs of women in Italy. A Orfino, D Zace, A M Viteritti, C de Waure, M L Di Pietro. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa166.988

Pandemia COVID-19

- The vaccine against COVID-19 and institutional trust. González-Melado FJ, Di Pietro ML. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2021 Dec;39(10):510-515. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2021.09.001. Epub 2021 Sep 10. PMID: 34518151; PMCID: PMC8432885.

- Interventions to address mental health issues in healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks: A systematic review. Zaçe D, Hoxhaj I, Orfino A, Viteritti AM, Janiri L, Di Pietro ML. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Apr;136:319-333. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.019. Epub 2021 Feb 13. PMID: 33636688; PMCID: PMC7880838.

- National health system cuts and triage decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain: ethical implications. Faggioni MP, González-Melado FJ, Di Pietro ML. J Med Ethics. 2021 Jan 29:medethics-2020-106898. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106898. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33514638; PMCID: PMC7852063.

- How health systems approached respiratory viral pandemics over time: a systematic review. Cascini F, Hoxhaj I, Zaçe D, Ferranti M, Di Pietro ML, Boccia S, Ricciardi W. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Dec;5(12):e003677. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003677. PMID: 33380411; PMCID: PMC7780537.

- Healthcare systems strategies to manage pandemics transition phases: a systematic review. F Cascini, I Hoxhaj, D Zaçe, M Ferranti, W Ricciardi, S Boccia. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.210

- Mental health interventions in healthcare workers in infectious disease outbreak-A systematic review. D Zace, I Hoxhaj, A Orfino, A M Viteritti, L Silvetti, M L Di Pietro. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.569, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.569

Food security

- Association of maternal food insecurity before and during pregnancy with fetal structural anomalies: A multicenter case-control study protocol. Zaçe D, Hoxhaj I, Pasciuto T, D'Anna R, Straface G, Reali L, De Santis M, Di Pietro ML. Nutr Health. 2021 Jun;27(2):265-271. doi: 10.1177/0260106020971858. Epub 2020 Nov 10. PMID: 33167749.

- Implementation level of best practice policies by Italian government for healthier food environments. D Zace, M L Specchia, A Di Pilla, E Carini, P Cacciatore, E Frisicale, M Silano, W Ricciardi, F Sassi. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa166.1232

- Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among children in high-income European countries. A systematic review. Zaçe D, Di Pietro ML, Caprini F, de Waure C, Ricciardi W. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2020 Jan-Mar;56(1):90-98. doi: 10.4415/ANN_20_01_13. PMID: 32242540.

- Prevalence of Italian children living in food insecure households and their health status. Zace D, de Waure C, Teleman AA, Reali L, Di Pietro ML. Eur J Public Health. 2019, 29 (supplt_4), ckz186.171, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.171

- Eating episode frequency and fruit and vegetable consumption among Italian university students. Poscia A, Teleman AA, Azzolini E, de Waure C, Maged D, Virdis A, Ricciardi W, Di Pietro ML. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2017 Jul-Sep;53(3):199-204. doi: 10.4415/ANN_17_03_04. PMID: 28956798.

- Nutritional habits in Italian university students. Teleman AA, de Waure C, Soffiani V, Poscia A, Di Pietro ML. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):99-105. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_05. PMID: 26156179.

Genetica

- The impact of oral contraceptive use on breast cancer risk: State of the art and future perspectives in the era of 4P medicine. Bonfiglio R, Di Pietro ML. Semin Cancer Biol. 2021 Jul;72:11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.10.008. Epub 2021 Jan 14. PMID: 33454355.

- Intrafamilial communication of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genetic information in Italian women: towards a personalised approach. Di Pietro ML, Zaçe D, Orfino A, Di Raimo FR, Poscia A, de Matteis E, Turchetti D, Godino L, Bertonazzi B, Franiuk M, Bruzzone C, Varesco L, Lucci-Cordisco E, Genuardi M. Eur J Hum Genet. 2021 Feb;29(2):250-261. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-00723-7. Epub 2020 Sep 14. Erratum in: Eur J Hum Genet. 2020 Sep 23;: PMID: 32929237; PMCID: PMC7868365.

- Intra-familial communication of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer information in Italian women. M Di Pietro, D Zace, A Orfino, F R Di Raimo, A Poscia, E Lucci Cordisco, M Genuardi. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.681

- Test genetici in oncologia e comunicazione intrafamiliare: autonomia vs responsabilità [Genetic test for cancer and intra-family communication: freedom vs. responsibility]. Di Pietro ML, Di Raimo FR, Teleman AA, Refolo P. Clin Ter. 2015;166(5):200-4. Italian. doi: 10.7417/CT.2015.1878. PMID: 26550809.

Global health

-  Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess Unaccompanied Migrant Minors' needs (AEGIS-Q). Di Pietro ML, Zaçe D, Sisti LG, Frisicale EM, Corsaro A, Gentili A, Giraldi L, Bruno S, Boccia S. Eur J Public Health. 2021 Apr 24;31(2):313-320. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa184. PMID: 33176357.

- Cooperating to improve healthcare in Arab countries. Maged D, Ferrelli RM, Zorayan A, Di Pietro ML, de Belvis AG, Ricciardi W, Boccia S, Teleman AA, Sanguinetti M. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2017 Oct-Dec;53(4):330-333. doi: 10.4415/ANN_17_04_09. PMID: 29297863.

- Health and Climate Change: science calls for global action. Ricciardi W, Marcheggiani S, Puccinelli C, Carere M, Sofia T, Giuliano F, Dogliotti E, Mancini L, Agrimi U, Alleva E, Busani L, De Castro P, Gaudi S, Michelozzi P, Rezza G, Testai E9, Vella S. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2019 Oct-Dec; 55(4):323-329. + PDF

Ethics

- Implementation of Electronic Informed Consent in Biomedical Research and Stakeholders' Perspectives: Systematic Review. De Sutter E, Zaçe D, Boccia S, Di Pietro ML, Geerts D, Borry P, Huys I. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Oct 8;22(10):e19129. doi: 10.2196/19129. PMID: 33030440; PMCID: PMC7582148.

- Three scenarios illustrating ethical concerns when considering bariatric surgery in obese adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. Di Pietro ML, Zaçe D. J Med Ethics. 2020 Nov;46(11):738-742. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-106038. Epub 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32341185.

- The therapeutic proportionality standard: a new content for the best interests standard. González-Melado FJ, Di Pietro ML. Cuad Bioet. 2020 Jan-Apr;31(101):19-42. English. PMID: 32304197.

- Un Caso de Rotura Uterina durante el Embarazo [A Case of Uterine Rupture during Pregnancy]. Di Pietro ML, Pietro Faggioni M. Cuad Bioet. 2019 Jan-Apr;30(98):67-76. Spanish. PMID: 30742455.

- Implementing carrier screening for cystic fibrosis outside the clinic: ethical analysis in the light of the personalist view. Di Pietro ML, Teleman AA, Gonzalez-Melado FJ, Zace D, Di Raimo FR, Lucidi V, Refolo P. Clin Ter. 2018 Mar-Apr;169(2):e71-e76. doi: 10.7417/T.2018.2057. PMID: 29595869.

- Preventive Newborn Male Circumcision: What Is the Child's Best Interest? Di Pietro ML, Teleman AA, Di Pietro ML, Poscia A, González-Melado FJ, Panocchia N. Cuad Bioet. 2017 Sep-Dec;28(94):303-316. English. PMID: 28963998.

- La Investigación Clínica sin Beneficio Directo en Niños y el Estándar del Mejor Interés [Clinical Research without Direct Profit in Children and the Best Interest Standard].  Iniesta Sáez J, Di Pietro ML. Cuad Bioet. 2016 May-Aug;27(90):125-37. Spanish. PMID: 27637189.

- El Mejor Interés del Niño en Neonatología: Es lo Mejor para el Niño? [The Best Interest of the Child in Neonatology: Is It Best for the Child?]. González-Melado FJ, Di Pietro ML. Cuad Bioet. 2015 May-Aug;26(87):201-22. Spanish. PMID: 26378595.

- Placebo-controlled trials in pediatrics and the child's best interest. Di Pietro ML, Cutrera R, Teleman AA, Barbaccia ML. Ital J Pediatr. 2015 Feb 15;41:11. doi: 10.1186/s13052-015-0118-6. PMID: 25887736; PMCID: PMC4346103.

- Sulla "doverosità morale" dell’uso di vaccine [On the moral dutifulness of using vaccinations]. Refolo P, González-Melado FJ, Di Pietro ML. Clin Ter. 2015;166(1):38-42. Italian. doi: 10.7417/CT.2015.1800. PMID: 25756259.

- Ethical evaluation of risks related to living donor transplantation programs. Panocchia N, Bossola M, Silvestri P, Midolo E, Teleman AA, Tazza L, Sacchini D, Minacori R, Di Pietro ML, Spagnolo AG. Transplant Proc. 2013 Sep;45(7):2601-3. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.07.026. PMID: 24034000.

Public health

The New Quadrivalent Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine for the Italian Elderly: A Health Technology Assessment. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19 (7), 4166.

 

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) dell’introduzione della vaccinazione antinfluenzale per la popolazione giovanile italiana con il vaccino Fluenz Tetra® [Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of the introduction of influenza vaccination for Italian children with Fluenz Tetra®]. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 2021 Sep 10;62(2 Suppl 1):E1-E118

 

- Strengthening the Evidence-Based Approach to Guiding Effective Influenza Vaccination Policies. Calabrò GE, Specchia ML, Boccalini S, Panatto D, Rizzo C, Merler S, Ferriero AM, Di Pietro ML, Bonanni P, de Waure C. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Jun 27;8(3):342. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030342. PMID: 32605108; PMCID: PMC7565028.

- The state of health in the European Union (EU-28) in 2017: an analysis of the burden of diseases and injuries. Santos JV, Souza J, Valente J, Alonso V, Ramalho A, Viana J, Ricciardi W, Freitas A. Eur J Public Health. 2019 Dec 10. pii: ckz203. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz203

- The social responsibility of public health: Italy's lesson on vaccine hesitancy. Signorelli C, Odone A, Ricciardi W, Lorenzin B. Eur J Public Health. 2019 Dec 1;29(6):1003-1004. doi:
10.1093/eurpub/ckz135.

- The impact of a school-based multicomponent intervention for promoting vaccine uptake in Italian adolescents: a retrospective cohort study. Poscia A, Pastorino R, Boccia S, Ricciardi W, Spadea A.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2019 Apr-Jun;55 (2):124-130.

- Vaccine hesitancy: parental, professional and public responsibility. Di Pietro ML, Poscia A, Teleman AA, Maged D, Ricciardi W. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2017 Apr-Jun;53(2):157-162. doi: 10.4415/ANN_17_02_13. PMID: 28617263.

- Study habits and technology use in Italian university students. Poscia A, Frisicale EM, Parente P, de Waure C, La Milia DI, Di Pietro ML. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):126-30. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_10. PMID: 26156183.

- Italian university students' self-perceived health and satisfaction of life. Ann Ist Super Sanita. de Waure C, Soffiani V, Virdis A, Poscia A, Di Pietro ML. 2015;51(2):121-5. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_09. PMID: 26156182.

- Risky behaviours among university students in Italy. Poscia A, Parente P, Frisicale EM, Teleman AA, de Waure C, Di Pietro ML.  Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):111-5. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_07. PMID: 26156181.

- Physical activity and health promotion in Italian university students. Teleman AA, de Waure C, Soffiani V, Poscia A, Di Pietro ML. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):106-10. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_06. PMID: 26156180.

- Study population, questionnaire, data management and sample description. de Waure C, Poscia A, Virdis A, Di Pietro ML, Ricciardi W. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):96-8. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_04. PMID: 26156178.

- The "Sportello Salute Giovani" project: Habits , lifestyles, risk behaviours of Italian University students and future perspectives. Di Pietro ML, Bellantone R, Pacifici R, Ricciardi W. Preface. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2015;51(2):93-5. doi: 10.4415/ANN_15_02_03. PMID: 26156177.