Incidence of facial pain in the general population
Autor: | Joseph S.H.A. Koopman, Frank J P M Huygen, Jeanne P. Dieleman, Marissa de Mos, Miriam C. J. M. Sturkenboom, Carola G.M. Martin |
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Přispěvatelé: | Medical Informatics, Anesthesiology, Neurology |
Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Population Community Health Planning Young Adult Sex Factors Trigeminal neuralgia Occipital neuralgia Facial Pain medicine Humans Paroxysmal Hemicrania education Aged Netherlands Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Primary Health Care Postherpetic neuralgia business.industry Incidence Age Factors Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery nervous system diseases body regions Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Neurology Neuropathic pain Neuralgia Female Neurology (clinical) business Atypical facial pain |
Zdroj: | Pain, 147(1-3), 122-127. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
ISSN: | 1872-6623 0304-3959 |
Popis: | Facial pain has a considerable impact on quality of life. Accurate incidence estimates in the general population are scant. The aim was therefore to estimate the incidence rate (IR) of trigeminal neuralgia (TGN), postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), cluster headache (CH), occipital neuralgia (ON), local neuralgia (LoN), atypical facial pain (AFP), glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) and paroxysmal hemicrania (PH) in the Netherlands. In the population-based Integrated Primary Care Information (IPCI) medical record database potential facial pain cases were identified from codes and narratives. Two medical doctors reviewed medical records, questionnaires from general practitioners and specialist letters using criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain. A pain specialist arbitrated if necessary and a random sample of all cases was evaluated by a neurologist. The date of onset was defined as date of first specific symptoms. The IR was calculated per 100,000 PY. Three hundred and sixty-two incident cases were ascertained. The overall IR [95% confidence interval] was 38.7 [34.9-42.9]. It was more common among women compared to men. Trigeminal neuralgia and cluster headache were the most common forms among the studied diseases. Paroxysmal hemicrania and glossopharyngeal neuralgia were among the rarer syndromes. The IR increased with age for all diseases except CH and ON, peaking in the 4th and 7th decade, respectively. Postherpetic neuralgia, CH and LoN were more common in men than women. From this we can conclude that facial pain is relatively rare, although more common than estimated previously based on hospital data. (C) 2009 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved. |
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