Neuropathic Pain Symptoms in Arthritis

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Neuropathic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05975281

28052023

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was aimed to compare neuropathic pain symptoms in hand osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Full description

The patients with hand osteoarthritis or neuropathic complaints accompanying rheumatoid arthritis who applied to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic of our hospital will be included. In both patient groups, the duration, character and treatments of their complaints will be compared. Neuropathic pain will be evaluated with the Visual Analog Score (VAS), Dolor Neuropathic 4 Questions (DN-4) and Pain Detect pain questionnaire.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presence of Hand Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Presence of neuropathic complaints

Exclusion criteria

• History of hand injury, peripheral nerve injury, fracture, and hand operation in the last 3 months
• Do not want to participate in the study

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Hand osteoarthritis

Description:

Those diagnosed with hand osteoarthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria

Rheumatoid arthritis

Description:

Those diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria