FREQUENCY OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN FEATURES AMONG NEUROLOGICAL OUTPATIENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SCREENING STUDY OF 1,705 PATIENTS

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CONCLUSIONS: Nearly every second neurological outpatient presenting with pain in the Turkestan region screens positive for a probable neuropathic pain component, most often of central origin, and this component is associated with a heavier symptom burden and a measurable loss of role, emotional and mental functioning. Because the design is cross-sectional and painDETECT is a screening tool, these findings identify associations rather than causal or confirmed-diagnostic relationships....