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

Author

Altobelli, Emma, Vittorini, Pierpaolo, Leuter, Cinzia, Bianchini, Valeria, Angelone, ANNA MARIA, Aloisio, Federica, Cofini, Vincenza, Zazzara, Francesca, and DI ORIO, Ferdinando

Subjects
Adult, Male, Urban Population, Depression, Health Status, Rehabilitation, Health Services, Middle Aged, Disasters, Hospital, Admitting Department, Hospital, Italy, Health Care Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Aged, Antipsychotic Agents, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Humans, Needs Assessment, Prevalence, Quality of Life, Earthquakes, Admitting Department
Abstract

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. Both groups reported difficulties in accessing specialized healthcare and rehabilitation services.

Published
2016

6. Deterioration of semantic associative relationships in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer Disease.

Author

Caputi, Nicoletta, Di Giacomo, Dina, Aloisio, Federica, and Passafiume, Domenico

Subjects
SEMANTICS research, MILD cognitive impairment, DEMENTIA research, VERBAL ability, ASSOCIATION of ideas
Abstract

The aim of this research was to study semantic abilities and their loss in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and in dementia, while analyzing efficiency in the use of associative relations, within verbal and visuoperceptual modalities. Participants were split into 4 groups: 19 participants with amnestic MCI, 16 patients with mild Alzheimer disease (AD), 20 patients with moderate AD, and 20 healthy controls (HCs). All participants performed standardized neuropsychological tests and experimental (naming and semantic associations) tasks to evaluate verbal and visuoperceptual semantic abilities. We analyzed 4 associative relations (part/whole, function, superordinate, and contiguity) in both verbal and visuoperceptual code. Our results suggest a progressive impairment in semantic categorization knowledge, with worse performance in the AD groups relative to the MCI and HC groups. Our data show a different pattern in the 4 associative relations and the involvement of associative semantic relations already in the early stage of disease, as well as a different pattern of deterioration between verbal and visuoperceptual modalities. Our data indicate that the visuoperceptual semantic network appears to be less deteriorated than the verbal network in AD. The verbal semantic network may be more sensitive in detecting patients at an early stage of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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