Alessandra Bettini

Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer Firenze · Pediatric Psychology

Background and aims A diagnosis of chronic disease in childhood may be disruptive for families. Some parents show good adjustment, while others may have more difficulties. Aim of this study is to develop and validate a psychometric instrument to help precociously detect parents’ vulnerability in the process of adjustment to their child’s chronic di...

Purpose Shop Talk is a therapeutic board game for children and adolescents with cancer, aimed at helping them talk about their disease, life, and emotions in a creative way and in a secure setting. The scope of this study was to translate Shop Talk into Italian, evaluating its acceptability, feasibility, and emotional impact. Methods The game boar...

Several studies have shown the efficacy of psychological interventions in reducing preoperative anxiety in children undergoing surgery. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a specific non-pharmacological technique, the relaxation-guided imagery, in reducing both preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in a sample of 60 children (...

Pain represents one of the most stressful experiences for children undergoing medical therapies (Kortesluoma, 2008), but is under represented in literature for what concerns pediatric endocrinology. Children consider Injections one of the most painful, frightening and distressing procedures (Fassler, 1985). The treatment for patients with Growth Ho...

Background and aims Venipuncture is one of the most unpleasant procedures for children. Previous studies demonstrated the effectiveness of distraction techniques in reducing anxiety and pain but no one compares the specific activities of animals assisted activity (AAA), clowns and musicians for this procedure. Aims of the present study are: evaluat...

Background and aims: Body image and self-esteem represent important variables linked to individual’s well-being, which oncological disease affects most. Despite they were proved to be significantly associated and influenced by gender and age, very few studies assessed their relationship in oncological patients, especially in the critical period of...

Introduzione Il prelievo del sangue è considerata una delle procedure più dolorose e spiacevoli per il bambino. Precedenti studi hanno dimostrato l’efficacia di tecniche di distrazione nella riduzione di ansia e dolore al Centro Prelievi. Tra di esse, appare sempre più frequente l’impiego di attività di sostegno alla cura quali attività assistita c...

Avere un figlio con una malattia cronica richiede una riorganizzazione delle priorità familiari e un ridirezionamento delle risorse individuali. In seguito ad una diagnosi alcuni genitori sembrano adattarsi bene alla malattia e ai cambiamenti che essa comporta, altri incontrano maggiori difficoltà. Obiettivo dello studio è costruire uno strumento p...

Il rilassamento-immaginazione guidata è una tecnica non farmacologica utilizzata per la gestione del dolore e dell’ansia in quanto permette al bambino di respirare, rilassarsi e visualizzare il suo “posto preferito”. Molti studi mostrano l’efficacia di interventi psicologici per la riduzione dell’ansia pre-operatoria in bambini sottoposti ad interv...

Backgroud: Shop Talk is a therapeutic board game, developed in US by Lori Wiener and Cynthia Mamalian and translated in Italian. 7-16 years old oncological patients can benefit from Shop Talk as it induces them to talk about their emotions by answering questions while playing. The aim of this study is to assess patients and parents’ perception of S...

Background: Questo studio indaga la presenza di difficoltà negli ambiti sessuale, relazionale e di accettazione della propria immagine corporea in un campione di donne con tumore al seno, indagando la relazione con il distress. Soggetti e metodo: Il campione è composto da 1820 soggetti afferenti al Ce.Ri.On che hanno compilato in modo valido il Di...

Background: Through the combined medical and psychological interventions, the Oncological Rehabilitation Center (CeRiOn) aims to develop a personalized path for cancer patients using an integrated rehabilitation approach. Two questionnaires are given out to evaluate the distress of a patient at the beginning of the psychological rehabilitative cour...

BACKGROUND: Through combined medical and psychological interventions, the Oncological Rehabilitation Center (CeRiOn) aims to develop a personalized path for cancer patients using an integrated rehabilitation approach in order to reduce psychological distress. Psycho-oncological interventions included individual meetings and groups: introspective v...