Occurrence and characterization of Pain in immune-mediated neuropathies: a multicentre prospective study.
Eur J Neurol
; 18(1): 177-83, 2011 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
pain is a common symptom of peripheral neuropathies that may severely affect patients' Quality of Life. Pain questionnaires, based on verbal descriptors, are a useful way to investigate it.METHODS:
we performed a multicentre study through validated measures to characterize pain in a sample of consecutive patients affected by immune-mediated neuropathies.RESULTS:
ninety-three patients were enrolled in 16 Italian centres. Based on the numeric rating scale, almost half of the patients complained of moderate pain and one-third of the patients severe pain. Overall, up to 50% of our patients with immune-mediated neuropathies complained of neuropathic pain. The most common neuropathic symptoms were paraesthesia/dysesthesia and superficial spontaneous pain. Surprisingly, also patients with neuropathies commonly thought to be painless (such as multifocal motor neuropathy) reported discomfort and painful symptoms.CONCLUSIONS:
pain questionnaires should be considered in the clinical evaluation of immune-mediated neuropathies, also when evaluating therapy efficacy, because they may provide clinicians with useful information on painful symptoms and patients' quality of life.
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Dor
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article