- The effect of neuropathic pain on quality of life, depression levels, and sleep quality in patients with combat-related extremity injuries
-
Merve Örücü Atar, Gizem Kılınç Kamacı, Fatma Özcan, Yasin Demir, Koray Aydemir
-
J Trauma Inj. 2022;35(3):202-208. Published online August 9, 2022
-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2022.0019
-
-
2,286
View
-
76
Download
-
1
Citations
-
Abstract
PDF
- Purpose
There is limited research on the effects of neuropathic pain (NP) on quality of life, depression levels, and sleep quality in patients with combat-related extremity injuries. This study evaluated whether patients with combat-related extremity injuries with and without NP had differences in quality of life, sleep quality, and depression levels.
Methods A total of 98 patients with combat-related extremity injuries, 52 with NP and 46 without, were included in this cross-sectional study. The presence of NP was determined using the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs questionnaire. The outcome measures were a visual analogue scale (VAS), the 36-Item Short Form Survey, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Results The VAS subparameter scores for pain (all P˂0.05), PSQI sleep duration subscale scores (P=0.025), PSQI sleep disturbance subscale scores (P=0.016), and PSQI total scores (P=0.020) were significantly higher in patients with NP than those without. Logistic regression analysis showed that VAS scores of 5 and above for average pain during the previous 4 weeks contributed independently to the prediction of NP.
Conclusions Patients with combat-related extremity injuries with NP had more pain and poorer sleep quality than those without NP. Sleep quality should be evaluated as part of the diagnostic work-up in patients with combat-related extremity injury with NP, and interventions to improve sleep quality may help manage NP in this patient group.
-
Summary
-
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
- Social Deprivation is Associated with Increased Pain in Patients Presenting with Neuropathic Pain
Floris V. Raasveld, Jonathan Lans, Ian L. Valerio, Kyle R. Eberlin Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open.2024; 12(6): e5931. CrossRef
|