PREVALENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPACT OF CHRONIC PAIN IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS AT THE YAOUNDE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL

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Victorine Bandolo

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FOUDA- MENYE Hermine mendjouf@yahoo.fr Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Internal Medicine and Specialties Yaounde

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TATKE Mélanie tatnkemelanie@gmail.com Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Internal Medicine and Specialties Yaounde

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MAIMOUNA Mahamat m_mahamat@yahoo.fr Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Internal Medicine and Specialties Yaounde

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NDJONG Emmanuelle endjong@yahoo.fr Yaounde University Teaching hospital Medicine Yaounde

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KAZE Francois f_kaze@yahoo.fr Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Internal Medicine and Specialties Yaounde

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Introduction

Chronic pain is common in patients on maintenance hemodialysis, and is often associated to impaired quality of life (QOL). Moreover, it has been shown that chronic pain may increase mortality in this population

Objective: To determine the prevalence of chronic pain and assess its characteristics and implications on the daily lives of patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD)

Methods

We conducted a 6 months cross-sectional study in adult patients on MHD for at least 3months. All patients were interviewed on the day of their hemodialysis session. Sociodemographic, clinical and para-clinical were collected using a pre-established questionnaire. A written numerical Rating Scale was used to measure pain intensity and Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) questionnaire to assess the pain on participants’ life.

Results

Conclusions

Pain has a high prevalence in our study population, mostly reported by cramps, and it greatly impacts the quality of their sleep.

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