PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL ASPECTS IN THE FORMATION OF PAIN SYNDROME CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Autor: Myroslav Bozhenko, Nataliya Bozhenko
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences. 65
ISSN: 2708-8642
2708-8634
Popis: Introduction: Pain syndromes, anxiety, and depression are common syndromes in multiple sclerosis (MS). Comorbidity of pain and depression or pain and anxiety exists in up to one-third of MS patients. Based on the biopsychosocial model of pain, given the high prevalence of these symptoms and their frequent combination in MS, which is significantly higher than in the general population, we can hypothesize the relationship between the characteristics of pain and anxiety and depression in patients with MS. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression among MS patients with pain syndromes and analyze the relationship between anxiety and depression with pain syndromes' characteristics in patients with MS. Methods: Data were collected prospectively at Lviv Regional Multiple Sclerosis Center. 120 randomly selected patients with a confirmed diagnosis of multiple sclerosis were examined. 104 of them had pain syndromes during the last month. Complaints and medical history, analysis of medical records, neurological and general medical examination of the patients were collected. Depressive symptoms and anxiety were assessed in all patients using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire. In patients with pain syndromes, the Visual analogue scale (VAS), Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire 2 (SF-MPQ-2), Pain Detect were used to assess pain characteristics. Results: The levels of anxiety and depression were higher in the group of MS patients with pain. The level of anxiety was 9.0 [6,0; 12,75] in the group with pain and 7.0 [4,0; 9,25] in the group without pain (p=0.04). The level of depression was 7.0 [4,0; 10,0] in the group with pain and 4.0 [1,75; 6,0] in the group without pain (p
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