TY - JOUR
T1 - Door-to-door prevalence survey of neurological diseases in a sicilian population
T2 - Background and methods
AU - Meneghini, Francesco
AU - Rocca, Waller A.
AU - Grigoletto, Francesco
AU - Morganle, Lelterio
AU - Reggio, Arturo
AU - Savettieri, Giovanni
AU - di Perri, Raoul
AU - Anderson, Dallas W.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - In three municipalities of Sicily, a prevalence survey of major neurological diseases was conducted door-to-door using screening and examination to find cases. This was the first large-scale neuroepidemiologic survey of that type undertaken in Italy: 24, 496 persons were screened yielding 1, 538 positives, of whom 1, 408 were examined directly by neurologists and 110 were evaluated on the basis of existing medical documentation. In the article, we provide (1) a description of the population investigated and the survey methods employed; (2) details of the cooperation and the attrition experienced in the survey; and (3) age and sex tallies for the study population, including some on education level and occupation.
AB - In three municipalities of Sicily, a prevalence survey of major neurological diseases was conducted door-to-door using screening and examination to find cases. This was the first large-scale neuroepidemiologic survey of that type undertaken in Italy: 24, 496 persons were screened yielding 1, 538 positives, of whom 1, 408 were examined directly by neurologists and 110 were evaluated on the basis of existing medical documentation. In the article, we provide (1) a description of the population investigated and the survey methods employed; (2) details of the cooperation and the attrition experienced in the survey; and (3) age and sex tallies for the study population, including some on education level and occupation.
KW - Epidemiologic methods
KW - Neurological diseases
KW - Prevalence
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1159/000110250
DO - 10.1159/000110250
M3 - Article
C2 - 2062421
AN - SCOPUS:0025728971
SN - 0251-5350
VL - 10
SP - 70
EP - 85
JO - Neuroepidemiology
JF - Neuroepidemiology
IS - 2
ER -