DI NITTO , Marco

Objective: The objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of transitional care interventions for seriously ill patients and their caregivers.Introduction: Seriously ill patients and their caregivers may have complex health and social care needs that require services from numerous providers across multiple sectors. Transitional...

Objective:This review will map and define the terminology used in health care literature for "best practice" as well as its underpinning framework/methodology.Introduction:Numerous international organizations and institutions have sought to develop models or frameworks to guide health care providers to integrate the best evidence into clinical...

Background: Advanced cancer patients often die in hospital after receiving needless, aggressive treatment. Although palliative care improves symptom management, barriers to accessing palliative care services affect its utilisation, and such disparities challenge the equitable provision of palliative care. This study aimed to identify which...

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IntroductionThe aging of the population requires an appropriate knowledge of the type of care that needs to be provided to inform healthcare policies. In Italy, neither home care nursing, nor the patient experiences have ever been described.ObjectivesTo describe the characteristics of nurses and care recipients involved in home care.MethodsA...

Objective: To develop and validate a questionnaire to evaluate missed nursing care (MNC) in a home care setting. Design: A new instrument was developed and tested performing a preliminary analysis of a multicenter cross-sectional study in Italy. Reporting was performed according to COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status...