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Giovanni Apolone
Researcher at Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Publications - 244
Citations - 18012
Giovanni Apolone is an academic researcher from Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 217 publications receiving 16136 citations. Previous affiliations of Giovanni Apolone include University of Verona & University of Milano-Bicocca.
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Cross-Validation of Item Selection and Scoring for the SF-12 Health Survey in Nine Countries: Results from the IQOLA Project
Barbara Gandek,John E. Ware,Neil K. Aaronson,Giovanni Apolone,Jakob B. Bjorner,John Brazier,Monika Bullinger,Stein Kaasa,Alain Leplège,Luis Prieto,Marianne Sullivan +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the SF-12 and SF-36 summary measures in nine European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom).
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The Italian SF-36 Health Survey: Translation, Validation and Norming
Giovanni Apolone,Paola Mosconi +1 more
TL;DR: Empirical findings from a wide array of studies and diseases indicate that the performance of the questionnaire improved as the Italian translation was revised and that it met the standards suggested by the literature in terms of feasibility, psychometric tests, and interpretability.
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Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers and the Risk of Covid-19.
TL;DR: In this large, population-based study, the use of ACE inhibitors and ARBs was more frequent among patients with Covid-19 than among controls because of their higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease, and there was no evidence that ACE inhibitors or ARBs affected the risk of COVID-19.
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Translating health status questionnaires and evaluating their quality: The IQOLA Project approach
Monika Bullinger,Jordi Alonso,Giovanni Apolone,Alain Leplège,Marianne Sullivan,Sharon Wood-Dauphinee,Barbara Gandek,Anita K. Wagner,Neil K. Aaronson,Per Bech,Shunichi Fukuhara,Stein Kaasa,John E. Ware +12 more
TL;DR: The most difficult items to translate were physical functioning items, which used examples of activities and distances that are not common outside of the United States; items that used colloquial expressions such as pep or blue; and the social functioning items.
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Prevalence of undertreatment in cancer pain. A review of published literature
TL;DR: Nearly one of two patients with cancer pain is undertreated, the percentage is high, but consists of a large variability of undertreatment across studies and settings.