The emerging challenge of pain in systemic sclerosis: Similarity to the pain experience reported by Sjőgren’s syndrome patients-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The emerging challenge of pain in systemic sclerosis: Similarity to the pain experience reported by Sjőgren’s syndrome patients

Published:2021-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:2 Page:113-119
ISSN:2719-4523
Container-title:Rheumatology and Immunology Research
language:en
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Author:

De Luca Rossella¹,Maresca Marco¹,Orlandi Martina¹,Bruni Cosimo¹,Solanki Kamal¹²,Wang Yukai¹³,Lepri Gemma¹,Guiducci Serena¹,Melchiorre Daniela¹,Moggi-Pignone Alberto¹,Rossi Wanda⁴,De Paulis Amato⁴,Dzhus Marta¹⁵,Matucci-Cerinic Marco¹⁶,Bellando-Randone Silvia¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine , University of Florence, & Division of Rheumatology AOUC , Florence , Italy

2. Department of Rheumatology, Waikato Hospital , Hamilton , New Zealand

3. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shantou Central Hospital , Shantou , Guangdong Province , China

4. Department of Translational Medical Sciences , University Federico II , Naples , Italy

5. Department of Internal Medicine , O. Bogomolets National Medical University , Kyiv , Ukraine

6. Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital , Milan , Italy

Abstract

Abstract In order to evaluate the importance of pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc), the characteristics of pain reported by patients with SSc were analyzed and compared with the characteristics of pain reported by patients with primary Sjőgren’s syndrome (pSS). Pain was reported by 56 patients (80%) in a group of 70 patients with SSc and by 25 patients (78%) in a group of 32 patients with pSS. Pain severity was assessed by the Pain Rating Index (PRI) and the Present Pain Intensity (PPI) of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and by values obtained by a visual analog scale (VAS) indicating the intensity of pain felt in the moment of the examination and the intensity of pain felt in the week preceding the moment of the examination. No significant difference was detected in the comparison of mean values of pain indices between patients with SSc and patients with pSS and in the comparison among subgroups of patients with SSc. The data indicate that pain is a frequent and important cause of suffering in SSc as in other chronic diseases. The association of different methods may be especially useful to obtain a careful evaluation of pain in clinical research.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.2478/rir-2021-0015/pdf

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