COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety, distress and burnout: prevalence and associated factors in healthcare workers of North-West Italy

A Naldi, F Vallelonga, A Di Liberto, R Cavallo… - BJPsych …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic changes in healthcare and severe
social restrictions. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are on the front line against the virus and …

Investigating issues and needs of dyslexic students at university: Proof of concept of an artificial intelligence and virtual reality-based supporting platform and …

A Zingoni, J Taborri, V Panetti, S Bonechi… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The outcomes of this work can represent a turning point toward a more
and more inclusive university environment for dyslexic students, at the same time showing …

Psychometric properties of the STAI-Y scales and normative data in an Italian elderly population

CR Ilardi, N Gamboz, A Iavarone, S Chieffi… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Early detection of anxiety symptoms in older people is capital as it may be
linked to increased physical/functional disabilities, onset and progression of …

Prevalence and multivariable predictors of breastfeeding outcomes in the United Arab Emirates: a prospective cohort study

H Radwan, R Fakhry, N Metheny, W Baniissa… - International …, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite considerable policy actions at the national and hospital levels, rates of
breastfeeding in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remain below the global …

Medical care disruptions during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the experience of older breast cancer survivors

A Dilawari, KE Rentscher, W Zhai, X Zhou… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Older cancer survivors required medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, but
there are limited data on medical care in this age group. Methods We evaluated care …

Dietary macronutrient intake according to sex and trait anxiety level among non-diabetic adults: a cross-sectional study

J Kose, LK Fezeu, M Touvier, S Péneau, S Hercberg… - Nutrition journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Studies suggest that anxiety is correlated with eating behavior, however, little is
known about the association between anxiety status as predictor of dietary macronutrient …

Dissociating the effect of reward uncertainty and timing uncertainty on neural indices of reward prediction errors: A reward positivity (RewP) event-related potential …

AM Muir, AC Eberhard, MS Walker, A Bennion… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate reward predictions include forecasting both what a reward will be and when a
reward will occur. We tested how variations in the certainty of reward outcome and certainty …

The validity of the state–trait anxiety inventory and the brief scale for anxiety in an inpatient sample with alcohol use disorder

NN Shah, ML Schwandt, B Hobden, DS Baldwin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims The Brief Scale for Anxiety (BSA) and the State–Trait Anxiety
Inventory Form Y‐2 (STAI‐Y‐2) are self‐report scales used to gauge anxiety symptoms in …

How anxious were Quebec healthcare professionals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic? A web-based cross-sectional survey

JE Cléophat, P Simon, G Chiniara, L St-Pierre… - Work, 2021 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause
significant anxiety among healthcare professionals (HCPs). COVID-19-related psychological …

Validation of short form of preferences for routines scale: norms in older adults

V Bergua, A Edjolo, J Bouisson… - … Journal of Aging …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
High level of preferences for routines is an indicator of psychological vulnerability in older
adults. However, the psychometric properties of the Preferences for Routines Scale (PRS) …