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Neuroepidemiological survey on Sicilian population. A feasibility study
L Morgante1, F Grigoletto, F Meneghini
1Institute of Neurological and Neurosurgical Sciences, University of Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
This research was designed as a pilot study in order to determine the feasibility and the reliability of a major door-to-door neuroepidemiological survey to be performed in the near future in 3 Sicilian towns with a total population of 30,000 inhabitants. 1,601 subjects were investigated by means of a questionnaire for the prevalence of stroke, epilepsy, parkinsonian syndromes, peripheral neuropathies, intracranial neoplasm and migraine. This preliminary study proved to be a good starting point, but some difficulties were identified in the questionnaire, in data collecting instruments and in diagnostic criteria.