PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Simone Accordini
AU  - Angelo Corsico
AU  - Isa Cerveri
AU  - Massimiliano Bugiani
AU  - Pietro Pirina
AU  - Alessandro Fois
AU  - Leonardo Antonicelli
AU  - Lucio Casali
AU  - Pierpaolo Marchetti
AU  - Giang Nguyen
AU  - Maria Grazia Panico
AU  - Roberto de Marco
TI  - Differential socio-economic burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults: Preliminary results from the Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) study
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P1001
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1001.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1001.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - Chronic respiratory diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. We sought to evaluate their socio-economic burden among Italian adults.In 2007/2010, a screening questionnaire was mailed up to 3 times to general population samples of adults (20-64 yr), and eventually given over the phone to the remaining non-responders, in 4 Italian centres (Pavia, Sassari, Turin, Verona) in the frame of the GEIRD study (response rate=55.4%). Ever asthma, chronic bronchitis (CB), allergic rhinitis, other respiratory conditions, and the absence of respiratory problems were defined on the basis of self-reported respiratory symptoms.The percentages* of subjects who reported at least one emergency department (ED) visit/hospital admission and at least one working day lost because of health problems (apart from accidents and injuries) in the past 3 months are shown in this table:View this table:The socio-economic burden was significantly different (p<0.001) according to disease status. Patients with any respiratory condition had a two-fold greater risk of reporting at least one ED visit/hospital admission (11.5% vs 5.9%) and at least one working day lost (21.5% vs 12.9%) than subjects without respiratory problems.