RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1901
OP 1901
DO 10.1212/WNL.42.10.1901
VO 42
IS 10
A1 MD, L. Morgante
A1 Rocca, W. A.
A1 Di Rosa, A. E.
A1 Domenico, P. De
A1 ScD, F. Grigoletto
A1 ScD, F. Meneghini
A1 MD, A. Reggio
A1 MD, G. Savettieri
A1 Castiglione, M. G.
A1 MD, F. Patti
A1 Perri, R. Di
A1 Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group
YR 1992
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/42/10/1901.abstract
AB We investigated the prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism in a Sicilian population using a door-to-door two-phase approach. This design called for the administration of a brief screening instrument to all subjects who, on November 1, 1987, were residents of Terrasini (Palermo Province), Santa Teresa di Riva (Messina Province), and Riposto (Catania Province), Sicily (N = 24,496). Study neurologists using specified diagnostic criteria extensively investigated those subjects who screened positive. We found 63 subjects affected by Parkinson's disease, 21 with secondary parkinsonism, and seven with unspecified parkinsonism. The crude prevalence per 100,000 population was 371.5 for all types of parkinsonism and 257.2 for Parkinson's disease; for both entities, prevalence increased steeply with age and showed an inconsistent sex pattern. Our prevalence figures for Parkinson's disease are higher than those previously reported in Italy or elsewhere, which may be due, in part, to more complete case-ascertainment.