Neuropathic Pain in Elderly People With Diabetes: Impact on Quality of Life and Cognition

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain; Cognitive Impairment; Quality of Life; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Treatments: Behavioral: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB); Other: Chinese (Hong Kong) 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (version 2)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03909841

KC/KE-17-0070/ER-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was set out 1) Evaluate the impact of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) and DPN-P (Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain) on the overall Quality of Life (QoL) in elderly with Diabetic Mellitus (DM) and 2) Evaluate the association between cognition impairments and DM in the elderly, and the contributions of DPN and/or DPN-P

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 50 or above
• Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (Type 1 or Type 2)

Exclusion criteria

• major psychiatric conditions
• recent cardiovascular events within the last six months
• blindness radiculopathy
• spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• trigeminal neuralgia
• Subjects who were incompetent in giving written consent

Trial design

48 participants in 3 patient groups

DM

Description:

DM without DPN (Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy)

Treatment:

Other: Chinese (Hong Kong) 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (version 2)

Behavioral: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB)

DPN

Description:

DM with DPN (Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy)

Treatment:

Other: Chinese (Hong Kong) 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (version 2)

Behavioral: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB)

DPN-P

Description:

DM with DPN-P (Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain)

Treatment:

Other: Chinese (Hong Kong) 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (version 2)

Behavioral: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB)