Audiophonologopedic Telerehabilitation: Advantages and Disadvantages from User Perspectives.

Introduction: Technological advancements and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of digital tools for patient care and rehabilitation. This study explores user perspectives on telerehabilitation, comparing it to traditional methods and identifying criteria for determining its suitability for different patients and clinical conditions.

Methods: This study was carried out during the period of May-September 2021.

The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study.

Background: By the mid-20th century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) had become an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. The aim was to set up a pilot study to screen citizens aged 45-59 in order to identify modifiable risk factors (RFs).

Methods: Our study was conducted from February 2019 to February 2020 on citizens of a population of central Italy, aged 45-59, contacted by letter.

SARS-CoV2 Infection and Comorbidity in Inmates: A Study of Central Italy.

Background And Objective: The presence of multiple chronic diseases is associated with an increase in mortality when related to COVID-19 infection.

The Aims Of Our Study Were: (i) to evaluate the association between the severity of the COVID-19 disease, defined as symptomatic hospitalized in prison or symptomatic hospitalized out of prison, and the presence of one or more comorbidities in two prisons in central Italy: L'Aquila and Sulmona; (ii) to describe the profiles of inmates using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA).

Methods: A database was created including age, gender and clinical variables.

Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Patients with Chronic Tinnitus-Preliminary Results.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures are both causes of psychological distress. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the psychological effects of lockdown measures on patients with subjective chronic tinnitus diagnosed before the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of n = 77 patients with chronic tinnitus was contacted by mail/phone for a survey between June 2021 and September 2021.

Anatomy in dentistry: From the beginnings to contemporary reality.

The history of dentistry and medicine has a deep and ancient bond with the history of anatomy. From the ancient times to the present, the study of the human body represents the basis for research and clinical therapy. The historical contribution of anatomists to the development of dental medicine also helped in its characterization as an integrated but special and independent branch of medicine.

[Working modes and evaluation of perceived stress during the Covid-19 pandemic].

Introduction. The global sanitary crisis due to covid 19 has had an unprecedent impact on human health and on the global economy creating unexpected challenges on work life. In Italy in order to limit the velocity of virus transmission, measures aimed towards social distancing were adopted by suspending all non essential working activities, with the recommendation of the maximum use of smart working (DPCM 01 MARCH 2020).

Burden of COVID-19 and Vaccination Coverage in the Italian Population as of October 2021.

Following the pandemic scenario, researchers from all over the world, including Italians, have undertaken fervent research activity using the epidemiological data available on the sites of government and national and international research institutes. The objectives of our study were: (1) to analyze the load and trend of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, from the beginning to October 2021; (2) to analyze vaccination coverage by age groups and types of vaccines administered and check how the vaccination campaign has influenced the course of the disease and deaths; (3) to evaluate the Italian situation in the European context, comparing the incidence and mortality of Italy with respect to European countries; (4) finally, to evaluate how much vaccination coverage may have had an effect on mortality in the various European countries. Databases were structured to archive Italian and European COVID-19 data provided by Our World in Data, and data came from the Ministry of Health, to evaluate percentage of vaccines administered.

Analysis of Risk Factors Independently Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: A Cross-sectional Observational Study.

Background And Objective: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke and development of cognitive impairment. Our cross-sectional study aims to identify risk factors for cognitive impairment in patients with permanent AF.

Materials And Methods: 212 consecutive outpatients with history of permanent AF lasting more than 1 year were enrolled and the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) was used to assess cognitive impairment (number of errors ≥5).

Evaluation of Lower Dental Arch Crowding and Dimension after Treatment with Lip Bumper versus Schwarz Appliance. A Prospective Pilot Study.

The treatment of patients with mixed dentition, with inferior moderate dental crowding (the so-called borderline cases, between extraction and expansion) is not yet clear. Two examples of widely used appliances for increasing lower dental arch dimensions are the Schwarz's appliance and lip bumper. The aim of this prospective study was to compare dental crowding and arch dimensions from pre- to post-treatment with lip bumper versus Schwarz's appliance.

Analysis of the audiological characteristics and comorbidity in patients with chronic tinnitus.

Tinnitus is defined as . This study aims to investigate the correlation between chronic tinnitus and the most significant clinical comorbidities and pharmacological treatments. We recruited 130 consecutive outpatients with a tinnitus for least from three months and 100 subjects without tinnitus.

Steroid-Eluting Ethmoidal Stent Versus Antero-Posterior Ethmoidectomy: Comparison Of Efficacy And Safety In Allergic Patients.

Background: Allergic and chronic rhinosinusitis is a disabling pathological condition with an 8% prevalence in the European population and 5% in the Italian one. The ethmoidal sinus is the first one involved in the inflammation. The typical surgical procedure to manage ethmoidal sinusitis is an endoscopic antero-posterior ethmoidectomy.

[Health status and access to health services by the population of L'Aquila (Abruzzo Region, Italy) six years after the earthquake].

Natural disasters, such as the earthquake that occurred in the province of L'Aquila in central Italy, in 2009, generally increase the demand for healthcare. A survey was conducted to assess perception of health status an d use of health services in a sample of L'Aquila's resident population, five years after the event, and in a comparison population consisting of a sample of the resident population of Avezzano, a town in the same region, not affected by the earthquake. No differences were found in perception of health status between the two populations.

Association between vasomotor rhinitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

Background: Vasomotor rhinitis (VMR) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are two of the most widespread pathologies in industrialized countries, and they have a substantial impact on health-related quality of life.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between VMR and IBS to provide evidence to classify VMR and IBS as a sole disorder.

Methods: The study included 150 patients from San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila: 50 with VMR, 50 with IBS, and 50 healthy volunteers.

Temporal trends in hospitalization for rotavirus gastroenteritis: A nationwide study in Italy, 2005-2012.

AGE severity is linked to etiology, and Rotavirus (RV) accounts for most of severe cases. In 2009 the World Health Organization recommended RV vaccination for all children. Worldwide a number of Countries implemented RV vaccination in their pediatric immunisation programmes, but only a limited number in Europe.

[Accident prevention in agriculture in the ASL1 Abruzzo Local Health Service: protection facilities for tractors].

Background: The ASL1 workplace prevention and safety service in Abruzzo has been conducting workplace inspections on agricultural and livestock farms in the province of L'Aquila since 2011, mainly in the areas of Avezzano, Sulmona and L'Aquila. The agricultural sector in Abruzzo is characterized by high rates of accidents and the ratio of fatal injuries/total injuries is higher than the industry and services sector.

Objectives: To evaluate the presence or absence of safety devices , i.

[Prevalence of asthma, respiratory symptoms and allergic disorders among adolescents in the province of Aquila].

Objective: Estimates the prevalence of asthma and other allergic disorders in a random group of adolescents living in the L'Aquila area, which was not covered by SIDRIA (Italian Studies on Respiratory Disorders in Children and the Environment). The second phase of the study showed considerable regional variations within Italy, with a higher prevalence of asthma and wheezing in Central Italy.

Design: This study used the same standardised questionnaire of SIDRIA and included 1100 adolescents aged 13-14 years, between January-March 2004.