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| Title |
Increased multiple sclerosis relapses related to lower prevalence of pain
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| Published in |
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/0004-282x20150073 |
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| Authors |
José Vinícius Martins da Silva, Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira, Osvaldo José Moreira do Nascimento, João Gabriel Dib Farinhas, Maria Graziella Cavaliere, Henrique de Sá Rodrigues Cal, André Palma da Cunha Matta |
| Abstract |
Objective The study aims to investigate the presence of pain amongst multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Method One hundred MS patients responded to questionnaires evaluating neuropathic and nociceptive pain, depression and anxiety. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U, Chi-Square and two-tailed Fisher's exact tests and multivariate logistic regression. Results Women had a statistically higher prevalence of pain (p = 0.037), and chances of having pain after the age of 50 reduced. Women with pain had a statistically significant lower number of relapses (p = 0.003), restricting analysis to those patients with more than one relapse. After the second relapse, each relapse reduced the chance of having pain by 46%. Presence of pain was independent of Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) anxiety, and depression. Conclusion Our findings suggest a strong inverse association between relapses and pain indicating a possible protective role of focal inflammation in the control of pain. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 24% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 14% |
| Other | 2 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 24% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 10% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 14% |
| Unknown | 6 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2015.
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