Observational studyThe Pan African medical journal2018
The prevalence of painful diabetic neuropathy in 300 Moroccan diabetics.
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- Indicators of optimal diabetes care and burden of diabetes complications in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Glycemic control improvement in individuals with type 2 diabetes with vitamin KEuropean journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
- Prevalence of Neuropathic Pain in Morocco: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Spinal neuron-glial crosstalk and ion channel dysregulation in diabetic neuropathic pain.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy and their associations with overweight/obesity and impaired blood glucose among diabetic patients in Eastern Ethiopia: Institutional-based study.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Regional prevalence of hypertension among people diagnosed with diabetes in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and grade of diabetic peripheral neuropathy among known diabetic patients in rural Uganda.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges and call for action.World journal of diabetes · 2021Review
- Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy among diabetic patients on follow up at Jimma University Medical Center.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2020Article
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- THE PREVALENCE OF POLYNEUROPATHY IN THE PRE-DIABETES PERIOD.Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)Article
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Abstract
Painful diabetic neuropathy is a frequent complication of diabetes. Its diagnosis is clinical. Our goal is to determine the prevalence of painful diabetic neuropathy in this population. We also analyzed the relationship between this neuropathy and certain parameters, concerning the patient and his diabetes. It is a cross sectional study conducted at the department of endocrinology and internal medicine of Avicenne hospital Marrakech-Morocco, among a cohort of 300 diabetic outpatients. We used the DN4 questionnaire (Douleur Neuropathique en 4 questions), for diagnosis. The results showed a prevalence of 15%. In this study: advanced age, female gender, duration of diabetes greater than 10 years, and the lack of medical follow up were found to be statistically significant risk factors for painful diabetic neuropathy, in addition to some diabetes-related comorbidities such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, sedentary life style and diabetic retinopathy. Painful diabetic neuropathy remains undertreated, in fact 74% of our patients did not receive any specific treatment, knowing that the progress in developing effective and well-tolerated therapies has been disappointing.
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