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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Prevalence of Neuropathic Pain in Morocco: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Zhor Zeghari, Jihane Belayachi, Redouan El Ouardi, Redouane Abouqal

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zhor ZeghariLaboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy-Mohammed V University, Rabat 10000, Morocco.ORCID 0009-0008-3434-0368
Jihane BelayachiLaboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy-Mohammed V University, Rabat 10000, Morocco.
Redouan El OuardiBottu Pharmaceuticals, Casablanca 20580, Morocco.
Redouane AbouqalLaboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy-Mohammed V University, Rabat 10000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-6117-4341

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to assess the prevalence of neuropathic pain in the Moroccan population through a systematic review and meta-analysis using a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM). The PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analysis were followed. All observational prevalence studies, conducted in both the general population and hospital settings in Morocco, published before 1 December 2023, were included, provided that neuropathic pain was identified based on consensus criteria. The databases searched included PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the gray literature (Google Scholar). Data on the sample size, subgroups, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants, as well as the methodology of each study, were extracted. The Joanna Briggs Institute tool for prevalence studies was used to assess the risk of bias. A random-effects generalized linear mixed model was applied for direct data adjustment, using Knapp-Hartung standard error correction. Heterogeneity was explored using Cochran's Q test, Higgins' I

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meta-analysisMorocconeuropathic painprevalence

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PMID40430207
PMCPMC12112904

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