Characterization of neuropathic pain in Cuban epidemic neuropathy

Authors

  • Suzanne Santiesteban Puerta Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Rosalia Virgen Abreu Naranjo Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Roxana de la Caridad González Torres Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Esequiel Hernández Almeida Clinical Surgical Hospital "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Iveth Hernández Sánchez Clinical Surgical Hospital "Celia Sánchez Manduley"

Keywords:

Polyneuropathies, Pain Clinics, Pain Measurement, Cuba

Abstract

Epidemic neuropathy in Cuba has been perhaps the largest of its kind reported for a non-infectious neurological disease in the past century and also among the most studied, at least in its beginnings, but no major research has been done to support the behaviour of this epidemic over time.

Aim: to characterize the neuropathic pain in the Cuban epidemic neuropathy at one municipality, from 1992 to 2018.

Method: a cohort study was conducted with 810 defined cases of epidemic neuropathy in Manzanillo, Cuba, starting from 1992 to December 2018. Two standardized instruments were applied: the pain scale and the McGill questionnaire for pain. Both instruments showed good internal consistency as determined by Cronbach’s Alpha.

Results: the comparison of proportions and mean values in each of the variables of the pain scale indicated that most patients reported having only one type of pain at all times, of medium intensity, and the McGill questionnaire provided a description of the semiographic characteristics of pain. Both instruments related to items reflected similar pain characteristics, and all Pearson’s correlation coefficients were significant for p < 0.01.

Conclusions: McGill’s questionnaire and the pain scale are useful tools to characterize the neuropathic pain.

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2020-03-31

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Santiesteban Puerta S, Abreu Naranjo RV, González Torres R de la C, Hernández Almeida E, Hernández Sánchez I. Characterization of neuropathic pain in Cuban epidemic neuropathy. Revdosdic [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];3(1 (2020):e34. Available from: https://revdosdic.sld.cu/index.php/revdosdic/article/view/34

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