The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of chronic constipation and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the symptoms and the self-reported definition of constipation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the general community in 1999. A questionnaire comprising 21 items was developed and mailed to a random sample of 489 subjects who were aged between 18 and 65 years and w...

1Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy; 2I Division or Surgery, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy; 3Unit of Pediatric Surgery, S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; 4Unit of Neurosurgery, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome (SINch), Italy; 5Departement of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; 6Unit of Day Surgery, S...

L. Guidoni, L. Ricci Vitiani, S. di Martino, S. Grande, A. M. Luciani, A. Palma, V. Viti, and A. Rosi Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità and INFN, Rome, Italy, Dipartimento di Ematologia, Oncologia e Medicina Molecolare, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, Scuola Superiore di Catania, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salut...

1Ben-Essere Sport and Wellness Association Rapallo, Third-Sector Liguria Region Registry, Genoa, Italy 2Medical Devices R&D Consultant, Genoa, Italy 3ASL4 Chiavarese (Liguria Regional Health Service) Via G. B. Ghio, 9-16043 Chiavari, Genoa, Italy, Sport Medicine, N.S. di Montallegro Hospital, Rapallo, Genoa, Italy 4Posturology, Medicine and Dental Surgery, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, It...

1Mental Health Unit, Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome 2Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, Washington 3SERT 1, ASL Città di Milano, Milan 4Dermopathic Institute of the Immaculate IDI-IRCCS, Rome 5Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of R...

Tiziana Catarci Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica “A. Ruberti” Universita di Roma “La Sapienza” Via Salaria, 113 00198 Rome, Italy [email protected] Benjamin Habegger Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica “A. Ruberti” Universita di Roma “La Sapienza” Via Salaria, 113 00198 Rome, Italy [email protected] Antonella Poggi Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica “A. Rub...

MARTIN RUTHARDT, UGO TESTA, CLARA NERVI, PIER FRANCESCO FERRUCCI, FRANCESCO GRIGNANI, ELENA PUCCETTI, FAUSTO GRIGNANI, CESARE PESCHLE, AND PIER GIUSEPPE PELICCI* Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, 20141 Milan, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Scienze Oncologiche, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia University, 06100 Perugia, Department of Haematology and Oncology, Ist...