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| Macêdo,Maíra Carvalho; Mota,Renata de Sousa; Patrício,Naiane Araújo; Santos,Ana Paula Campos dos; Mendes,Selena Márcia Dubois; Dias,Cristiane Maria Carvalho Costa; Baptista,Abrahão Fontes; Sá,Katia Nunes. |
| Abstract HTLV-1 creates a chronic health condition that involves moderate to severe pain with a negative impact on quality of life (QoL). There is no consensus on which attitudes to pain are more related to the worsening of QoL in HTLV-1 infected patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between QoL and multidimensional aspects of pain in patients with HTLV-1. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The study included individuals diagnosed with HTLV-1. The Short Form 36 Questionnaire was used to analyze QoL, and the Brief Pain Inventory was used to assess multidimensional aspects of pain. The mean pain intensity was 4.88 ± 3.06 on the visual pain scale, and the average impact on QoL corresponded to a loss... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Pain; Quality of life; HTLV-1. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000500494 |
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