Vztah mezi epidemiologií a subjektivním vnímáním bolesti u pacientů se syndromem karpálního tunelu
| Title in English | Relationship between epidemiology and subjective perception of pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndome |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.14735/amcsnn2018570 |
| Keywords | carpal tunnel syndrome; median nerve; visual analogue scale; epidemiology |
| Description | Introduction: The aim of this research was to determine the epidemiological factors involved in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) development and to determine how these factors contribute to pain symptoms associated with CTS. Patients and methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted at the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Brno. A total number of 93 patients, who underwent surgery for CTS between September 2015 and December of the same year, were included in the study. The patients responded to the questions related to CTS epidemiology and clinical problems. Results: CTS development was associated with age, gender, higher body weight, and thyroid gland disease. The average pain level according to the visual analog scale was 6 irrespective of the presence of epidemiological factors. The severity of pain was not dependent on any of the epidemiological factors observed in our patients except for night pain which was more frequent in women (p < 0.05). There was also a more frequent weakening of the affected hand in women compared to men (p < 0.05). Conclusion: CTS is related to some epidemiological factors such as age, gender, higher body weight, some associated illnesses or injuries, and manual type of occupation. However, it could not be shown that any of these factors would also mean a worse subjective perception of pain, except for night pain which was more common in women. |