Pain in ambulatory HIV-positive South Africans

European Journal of Pain : EJP
Noko MphahlelePeter Kamerman

Abstract

We investigated the prevalence and intensity of pain, factors associated with having pain, and analgesic medications employed in a population consisting predominantly of Black African and female human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals attending outpatient clinics in a rural (n = 125; 79% female; 100% Black African) and a metropolitan (n = 396; 75% female; 94% Black African) area of South Africa. Pain intensity, interference and treatment were assessed using the Wisconsin Brief Pain Questionnaire. Seventy-two percent of rural participants and 56% of metropolitan participants had pain at the time of the interview, and this pain was moderate to severe in intensity in 60% of rural participants and 59% of metropolitan participants. Forty-six percent of rural participants and 61% of metropolitan participants had multiple pain sites. The most common pain sites in rural participants were the abdomen (30%), chest (26%), head (19%) and genitals (15%), while in the metropolitan cohort the head (39%), feet (33%), chest (30%) and abdomen (20%) were the most common sites. In the rural cohort, antiretroviral therapy was independently associated with reduced risk of pain, while in the metropolitan cohort increasing age was weak...Continue Reading

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