Atti del 52° Congresso Nazionale: Società Italiana di Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica (SItI)

Many of 73 diabetic patients had to evacuate their houses because of the damages and find another accommodation (hotels and camping along the coast). The 75% are males and the remaining 25% females, 11% of them are aged between 38 and 59, 58% are aged between 60 and 79 and 28% are aged between 80 and 92. Even if a significant statistical association with the paired Student's t-test (at p < 0.05) has not be showed for all parameters before and after earthquake, the 45% of patients had their therapy changed with an increase in the dose, the 44% had their therapy unvaried and the 11% had their therapy changed with a decrease of the dose.