Patient and clinician beliefs about potential barriers to treatment of neuropathic pain for adolescents with sickle cell disease
Matthew Rees,
Holly Spraker‐Perlman,
Raechyl Moore
et al.
Abstract:Pain is the hallmark symptom causing morbidity for people with sickle cell disease (SCD) and may present as nociceptive, neuropathic, or mixed type pain. Neuropathic pain (NP) is underrecognized and undertreated in patients with SCD and is associated with decreased patient‐reported quality of life. Surveys were completed by clinicians caring for adolescents with SCD in the outpatient setting. SCD patients ages 1418 at increased risk of NP completed a patient‐facing survey at a scheduled clinic visit. Ninety‐fo… Show more
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