Timea Claudia Ghitea

Weight-Independent Cardioprotective Effects of Physical Activity in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Background: Physical activity is a key modifiable determinant of cardiovascular risk, yet whether its protective association with coronary artery disease (CAD) severity in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) is mediated by body mass index (BMI) remains uncertain. Methods: Th...

Institutional Capacity and Documented COVID-19 Response Among Romanian Public Health Directorates: A Reproducible Cross-Sectional Comparative Analysis

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed substantial differences in the capacity of local public health authorities to adapt, coordinate, communicate, engage communities, and sustain essential public health functions. Methods: We conducted a secondary, institution-level cross-se...

Interprofessional Collaboration and Exploratory Implementation Support for Community Pharmacy Influenza Vaccination in Northwestern Romania: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pharmacists and Family Physicians

Background: Romania introduced pharmacist-administered influenza vaccination in community pharmacies in 2022, but implementation depends on professional support, workflow capacity, and interprofessional coordination. Because the present questionnaire did not measure the full orga...

Current Diabetes Self-Management and the Number of Documented Complications in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background and Objectives: Current self-management behavior may not reflect the long-term exposures that led to established complications in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). To assess whether Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ) scores were associated with the number o...

Clinical Phenotypic Spectrum and Multisystem Burden in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Retrospective Regional Cohort Study

Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a multisystem genetic disorder characterized by marked phenotypic heterogeneity. This study aimed to describe the clinical spectrum and multisystem burden of NF1 in a regional retrospective cohort. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed...