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Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

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Overview

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses key subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed to numerous studies focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, including epidemiological investigations, clinical research, and mental health aspects related to the virus. Their main topics of work include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Sleep and related disorders

Bragazzi's frequent research collaborators are notable in the field, including Jude Dzevela Kong, Jian Wu, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, and Achraf Ammar. This network reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach spanning epidemiology, sports medicine, and mental health.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey (2020), published in Nutrients
  • Estimation of the Transmission Risk of the 2019-nCoV and Its Implication for Public Health Interventions (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • An updated estimation of the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) (2020), published in Infectious Disease Modelling
  • The global burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020), published in PLoS Medicine
  • Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Bragazzi has published extensively in these venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The research contributions span practical public health implications and clinical applications, with a specific focus on infectious diseases, sports medicine, and psychological impacts related to health crises.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey.

    Achraf Ammar;Michael Brach;Khaled Trabelsi;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Estimation of the transmission risk of the 2019-nCoV and its implication for public health interventions

    Biao Tang;Xia Wang;Qian Li;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • A proposal for including nomophobia in the new DSM-V.

    Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Giovanni Del Puente

  • Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) in Humans: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis

    Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento;Nensi Cacic;Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem;Thilo Caspar von Groote

  • Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Haitham Jahrami;Ahmed S BaHammam;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Zahra Saif

  • The global burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Haijiang Dai;Haijiang Dai;Tariq A Alsalhe;Nasr Chalghaf;Matteo Riccò

  • Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Saeid Safiri;Ali-Asghar Kolahi;Maryam Noori;Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi;Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

  • Role of sleep deprivation in immune-related disease risk and outcomes.

    Sergio Garbarino;Paola Lanteri;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Nicola Magnavita;Nicola Magnavita

  • Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Christopher J L Murray;Charlton S K H Callender;Xie Rachel Kulikoff;Vinay Srinivasan

  • The history of tuberculosis: from the first historical records to the isolation of Koch's bacillus.

    Ilaria Barberis;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Lucia Galluzzo;Mariano Martini

  • COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study.

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Hamdi Chtourou;Omar Boukhris;Khaled Trabelsi

  • Burden of heart failure and underlying causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017.

    Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Wen Zhong;Jingxian Shu;Arsalan Abu Much;Arsalan Abu Much

  • Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from the ECLB-COVID19 multicentre study

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Khaled Trabelsi;Michael Brach;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Immune-Mediated Disease Flares or New-Onset Disease in 27 Subjects Following mRNA/DNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination

    Abdulla Watad;Gabriele De Marco;Hussein Mahajna;Hussein Mahajna;Amit Druyan;Amit Druyan

  • How Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Better Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Haijiang Dai;Giovanni Damiani;Masoud Behzadifar

  • Optic nerve sheath diameter measured sonographically as non-invasive estimator of intracranial pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Chiara Robba;Gregorio Santori;Marek Czosnyka;Marek Czosnyka;Francesco Corradi

  • Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study.

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Patrick Mueller;Patrick Mueller;Khaled Trabelsi;Hamdi Chtourou

  • The effectiveness of quarantine and isolation determine the trend of the COVID-19 epidemics in the final phase of the current outbreak in China

    Biao Tang;Fan Xia;Sanyi Tang;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Amital
Howard Amital Sheba Medical Center
Karim Chamari
Karim Chamari Naufar Center
Dennis McGonagle
Dennis McGonagle University of Leeds
Yehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld Sheba Medical Center
Fernando Barbosa
Fernando Barbosa Universidade de São Paulo
Robbert Sanderman
Robbert Sanderman University of Groningen
Andrea Gaggioli
Andrea Gaggioli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Yanni Xiao
Yanni Xiao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Salman Rawaf
Salman Rawaf Imperial College London
Syed Mohamed Aljunid
Syed Mohamed Aljunid Kuwait University

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