Epidemiology and quality of life on people with painful diabetic neuropathy: a bibliographic review
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https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v12i4.7024Keywords:
Diabetic Neuropathies, Pain, Epidemiology, Quality of LifeAbstract
doi: 10.5216/ree.v12i4.7024Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is conceptualized as a pain started or caused by a primary lesion or a dysfunction or a transitory perturbation in the peripheral or central nervous system. This study aimed to analyze bibliographic production on epidemiology and impact of painful diabetic neuropathy on people's quality of life. It is a bibliographical research of studies indexed in five sources of data, the descriptors used were: diabetes, diabetes mellitus, painful neuropathy, neuropathic pain, quality of life, SF-36, epidemiology and similarities in Portuguese and Spanish, between 1998 and 2010. Twenty-eight publications were selected. PDN prevalence ranged from 26,4 to 65,3%; and the pain was described as "burning", "tingling", " needleful" and "continuous"; intensity ranged from mild to severe, capable of generating depression in 35% of cases and affects mainly the energy, ability to walk and sleep. The PDN is frequent among people with diabetes mellitus and generates negative effects on quality of life for this population.
Descriptors: Diabetic Neuropathies; Pain; Epidemiology; Quality of Life.
