- Title
- The prevalence and cross-sectional associations of neuropathic-like pain among older, community-dwelling women with arthritis
- Creator
- de Luca, Katie E.; Parkinson, Lynne; Byles, Julie E.; Lo, T. K. T.; Pollard, Henry P.; Blyth, Fiona M.
- Relation
- Pain Medicine Vol. 17, Issue 7, p. 1308-1316
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnv111
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objective: To estimate the prevalence and examine the associations of neuropathic-like pain in a community-based sample of older Australian women with arthritis. Design: Population based cross-sectional survey. Setting: Participants were recruited from the 1946- 1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health. Subjects. Women with self-reported arthritis (n = 147). Methods: Primary outcome measure was self- reported neuropathic-like pain, defined as scores ≥12 via the painDETECT screening tool. Descriptive statistics summarized health and socio-demographic characteristics, and comparisons made using student's t-test or Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, and Chisquare tests. Independent health and demographic variables were examined by univariable logistic regression, and significant variables included in multiple variable logistic regression modelling. Results: Thirty-nine women (26.5%) were screened as having neuropathic-like pain. Women with neuropathic-like pain were more likely to have poorer health, worse pain, higher pain catastrophizing, more fatigue, and more depression than women with nociceptive pain. Neuropathic-like pain was significantly associated with higher scores on the SF-MPQ sensory scale and pain catastrophizing scale, and with more medication use. Conclusions: Neuropathic-like pain in women with arthritis was common and is associated with greater disability and poorer quality of life.
- Subject
- arthritis; pain; neuralgia; cross-sectional study; women
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1338687
- Identifier
- uon:28077
- Identifier
- ISSN:1526-2375
- Rights
- This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Pain Management following peer review. The version of record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnv111.
- Language
- eng
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