期刊名称：Aktuelnosti iz Neurologije, Psihijatrije i Graničnih Područja
印刷版ISSN：0354-2726
出版年度：2011
卷号：XIX
期号：3-4
页码：14-20
出版社：Clinical Center of Vojvodina
摘要：Th e aim of this section study is to determine prevalence of pain based on its type, intensity, qual-ity, pain location, therapy treatment, and the impact it makes on multiple sclerosis (MS) patient's every-day activities. Besides pain characteristics, demographic and clinical parameters have been also analyzed. Th e study included 87 patients diagnosed with defi nite MS according to McDonald's criteria, ranging in age from 17 to 60, EDSS below 8.0, and with absence of relapse. Excluding criteria were: disease exacerba-tion during previous month period, chronicle diseases, psychiatric diseases previously verifi ed, and corti-costeroid therapy in the course of the previous month period Th e research made use of the following scales: Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for assessment of intensity of the pain. Results indicated high prevalence of pain in MS patients, from 60.9% to 87.4%, depending on the type of pain. In patients with pain the most frequent was intermittent neuropathic pain of 77%. Most frequently the pain was felt in legs, 47.8%. VAS medium score was 3.9+/-SD2.6%. A group representing 36.2% of pa-tients stated that the pain interfered moderately with their everyday activities, and 33.3% of patients stated that the pain interfered severely with their everyday activities. Patients mostly take medicaments for pain once or few times a month (43, 2%). Special eff orts should be directed to discovery and treatment of the pain, which would result in better forecast and quality of life
