Open AccessHealth-related quality of life and its determinants in HIV patients with post herpetic neuralgia
Author(s) -
Ismaila Adamu Saidu,
Peter Usman Bassi,
A O Jaiyesimi,
Henry Adeiza Kehinde Onuwe,
A A Rufa'l,
Stanley Monday Maduagwu,
A M Jajere,
Aly M. Ahmed,
Ahmed Hamman Gabdo,
A O Akanbi,
O A Jaiyeola
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i3.51205
Subject(s) - medicine , postherpetic neuralgia , quality of life (healthcare) , neuralgia , physical therapy , mental health , visual analogue scale , rank correlation , neuropathic pain , pediatrics , psychiatry , anesthesia , nursing , machine learning , computer science
Postherpetic neuralgia is a neuralgia caused by the varicella zoster virus. Its natural history involves slow resolution of the pain syndrome. A subgroup of patients may develop severe, long-lasting pain that does not respond to medical therapy. It also accounts for 11-15% of all referrals to pain clinics but little is known about the quality of life of patients with this condition in our locality Nigeria.