The pain as non-motor complication of Parkinson's Disease - El dolor como complicación no motora de la enfermedad de Parkinson

• Main Authors: Anelys Sánchez López (Author), Arnoldo Padrón Sánchez (Author), Dania Gutiérrez Fernández (Author), Aracne Bernis Lastre (Author), Ricardo Valdés Llerena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Publiediting, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.30458/PA2018-192; 1593-2354; 2385-0744
• Keywords: pain; Parkinson's disease; quality of life; non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease; Anesthesiology; RD78.3-87.3; Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM1-950
• Source: Pathos, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 8-14 (2018)

Pain is a very common non-motor symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), although undervalued. We analyzed the prevalence of pain, characteristics, associated factors and their impact on the quality of life and autonomy in a group of patients with PD. The objective is to characterize the incidence of pain as a non-motor complication of Parkinson's disease determining the characteristics and classification of pain in each case. It was demonstrated that there is a high prevalence of patients with PD who suffer of pain, as one of the non-motor complications of the disease and unfortunately this symptom is underdiagnosed and undertreated. We intend to expand the casuistry and propose a diagnostic evaluation of pain and draw a diagnostic and therapeutic strategy based on improving the quality of life of our patients.