title: [Clinical survey on neuropathic pain in neurological outpatient department].
abstract: To survey the features and its impact of neuropathic pain in neurological outpatients.
  
  
  
  A total of 106 patients with neuropathic pain were selected from Neurology Clinic of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. General status instrument, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) were used in the survey.
  
  
  
  Trigeminal neuralgia (23.6%), nerve root pain (21.7%), and post-herpetic neuralgia (13.2%) were the most common causes of neuropathic pain. The sequence of impairments in life quality of the patients was role-physical (21.2), bodily pain (39.9), role-emotional (41.2), general health (50.0), physical functioning (55.1), vitality (60.0), mental health (68.5), and social functioning (70.9). Pearson correlation coefficients were statistically significant between bodily pain and other dimensions of life quality (P<0.05). Western medication (45.3%) was the most common treatment adopted by physicians.
  
  
  
  The prevalence of neuropathic pain is common in elderly patients. The three major types of neuropathic pain seriously affect the quality of life in patients. Although western medicine is the first choice of treatment, clinical drug selection should be standardized with efforts of both doctors and patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,Shaoxing People's Hospital,Shaoxing 312000,China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital,Hangzhou 310014,China.
authors.forename: Yan-qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,Second Affiliated Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310009,China.
authors.forename: Shan-ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,Second Affiliated Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310009,China.
authors.forename: Mei-ping
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia; D010045:Outpatients; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires