Prevalence of pain and fatigue in post-stroke patients: a study transverse.

Abstract

Background: Motor and functional recovery in post-stroke individuals is a process of interference from non-motor aspects such as pain and fatigue.The prevalence of these symptoms and their impact on the rehabilitation process need to bebetter understood and studied, mainly in the strategies for the construction of therapeutic approaches. Objectives: To analyze the prevalence of pain and fatigue in individual’s post-stroke. Design and setting: Cross-sectional study that followed the STROBE recommendations. An outpatient clinic at UFRN / FACISA in Santa Cruz-RN institution. Approved by the Research Ethics Committee (Opinion No. 2,622,853). Methods: One sample perconvenience, had 29 post-stroke individuals. The individuals were evaluated using the following clinical instruments: the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE),Functional Independence (FI), Fulg-Meyer Scale (FMS), Sensory Assessment of Nottingham (SAN), McGill Pain Question (MOQ) and the Severity of Fatigue (SSF). The data were analyzed descriptively. Results: Participants presented the following characteristics clinical: MMSE, 19 (median), (0(1ºQ)/24 (3ºQ)); FI, 80 (0/121); FMS, 36 (36/88); SAN, 108 (0/108); SSF, 9 (0/27). Thus, the prevalence of pain was 28% (8) and the fatigue was present in 76% (22) of the individuals. Conclusions: We found a high prevalence of fatigue in patients with chronic stroke, however we did not find relationship with pain. Further studies are needed to understand these conditions and identify which factors contribute to the prevalence of such symptoms.