Browsing by Autor "A. Reggio"

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A Neuroepidemiological Survey in Rural Bolivia: Background and Methods
(Karger Publishers, 1998) Alessandra Nicoletti; A. Reggio; Alessandro Bartoloni; Gaetano Failla; Filippo Bartalesi; Mimmo Roselli; Herlan Gamboa; Esteban González Salazar; Franco Paradisi; G Tempera
A door-to-door survey was carried out in rural areas of the Cordillera province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. A cluster sample of 10,124 inhabitants was selected. The aim was to determine the prevalence of the most common neurological diseases (epilepsy, stroke, parkinsonism and peripheral neuropathy) in this population using a modification of the World Health Organization screening instrument. 1,130 subjects screened positive and were then investigated by neurologists. In this paper we describe the background and methods of the survey and the characteristics of the population.
Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Rural Bolivia: A Population‐based Survey
(Wiley, 2005) Alessandra Nicoletti; Alessandro Bartoloni; Vito Sofia; Filippo Bartalesi; Josè Rosado Chavez; Rimberto Osinaga; Franco Paradisi; Jean‐Luc Dumas; Victor C. W. Tsang; A. Reggio
Our data confirm a high frequency of NCC among a well-defined prevalent cohort of epilepsy patients.
Lifetime Prevalence of Bell’s Palsy in Rural Bolivia: A Door-to-Door Survey
(Karger Publishers, 2002) Alessandra Nicoletti; Vito Sofia; Alessandro Bartoloni; Filippo Bartalesi; C Marletta; Maria Luisa Lo Bartolo; José Rosado; Francesco Le Pira; A. Reggio
We carried out a door-to-door survey in rural areas of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia, to determine the prevalence of the most common neurological diseases in a sample of about 10,000 inhabitants. A team of non-doctor health workers administered a standard screening instrument for neurological diseases, a slightly modified version of the World Health Organization protocol. All subjects found positive at the screening phase underwent a complete neurological examination. On screening, we found 1,130 positive subjects, of whom 909 were aged 15 years and above. After the neurological examination, we found 52 cases who had experienced Bell's palsy during their life in the population aged 15 years and above. The lifetime prevalence on November 1, 1994 was 11.1/1,000 (95% confidence interval 7.8-14.5) for the population aged 15 years and above. The prevalence was higher in women than in men (13.7 and 8.7/1,000, respectively) and increased with age, reaching a peak in the group aged 65 years or more (31.7/1,000). Only 3 cases (5.8%) had received medical therapy.