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Chronic pain in Parkinson's disease: The cross-sectional French DoPaMiP survey

Pain is a frequent, but poorly studied symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). DoPaMiP survey aimed to assess the prevalence of chronic pain in PD, to describe PD patients with chronic pain, and to record analgesic consumption. About 450 parkinsonian patients underwent structured standardized clin...

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Published in:Movement disorders 2008-07, Vol.23 (10), p.1361-1369
Main Authors: Nègre-Pagès, Laurence, Regragui, Wafa, Bouhassira, Didier, Grandjean, Héléne, Rascol, Olivier
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Language:English
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Summary:Pain is a frequent, but poorly studied symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). DoPaMiP survey aimed to assess the prevalence of chronic pain in PD, to describe PD patients with chronic pain, and to record analgesic consumption. About 450 parkinsonian patients underwent structured standardized clinical examination and completed self‐reported questionnaires in a cross sectional survey. Pains related or unrelated to PD were identified according to predefined criteria. About 98 patients with other chronic disorders than PD were examined to assess if pain was more frequent in PD than in this population. Two thirds parkinsonian patients (278 of 450) had chronic pain. Twenty‐five patients with non‐chronic pain (
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.22142