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Pain Management 2018
Internal Medicine 2018
International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X
Page 72
March 26-28, 2018
Vienna, Austria
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Introduction:
The importance of background information in
several studies has been emphasized and since controlling and
early treatment of the disease, prevention and finding ways to
control the intensity of the disease and thus faster rehabilitation
of patients are necessary, in this paper, symptoms, severity and
type of pain will be discussed.
Materials & Methodology:
This descriptive-analytic study was
conducted on 200 patients with MS who referred to Ayatollah-
Kashani Hospital in Isfahan 2015. Data gathering tool was
a questionnaire 3 section including of personal/disease
characteristics, McGill Pain Questionnaire, Visual Analog Scale
(VAS) and Pain Rating Index (PRI). Pearson and Spearman
statistical tests, independent t-test, and Chi-square were carried
out using SPSS version 16 to analyze the data.
Results:
57.5% of the subjects have experienced pain and 42.5%
did not report pain. Based on VAS and PPI, mean of pain severity
were 5.5 (2.9) and 2.3 (1.5), respectively. The lowest prevalence
of different types of pain belonged to sharp pain (95.7%) and also
deadly pain and pain similar to tissue rupture (93.9%).
Conclusion:
Theprevalenceofpainishighandseverityismoderate
in MS patients. So, attention to treatment and psychological
consult may be effective for the patient by healthcare personnel.
mahboobehvaliani@gmail.comPrevalence, severity of pain in patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS)
Valiani M, Ashtari F, Mansourian M and Mohammadi S
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Int J Anesth Pain Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-003