Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Quality of life and disability assessment in neuropathy: a multicenter study / L. Padua, A. Schenone, I. Aprile, L. Benedetti, P. Calandro, P. Tonali, E. Nobile-Orazio. - In: JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. - ISSN 1085-9489. - 10:1(2005 Jan), pp. 3-10.
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.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
neuropathy, dysability
Elenco autori:
L. Padua, A. Schenone, I. Aprile, L. Benedetti, P. Calandro, P. Tonali, E. Nobile-Orazio
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