Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(01), 093-096
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.1466
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.1466
Received on 17 November 2022; revised on 30 December 2022; accepted on 02 January 2023
Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes. The objective of our study is to evaluate the prevalence of diabetic neuropathy via the DN4 questionnaire in our diabetic patients and to identify the factors associated with diabetic neuropathy. We included 231 diabetic patients. The average age of the patients was 45.77 years, 67.1% of women, 36.8% type 1 diabetic and 63.2% type 2 diabetic, The average duration of diabetes evolution was 7, 21 years old. The average HbA1c was 10.4%. The prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in our study was 28.1%, it was more frequent in women, in unbalanced patients, and it was significantly correlated with age, type 1 diabetes, consumption of alcohol and duration of diabetes, in our study we found a significant association of diabetic neuropathy with age, duration of diabetes and alcohol consumption
DN4; Diabetic patients; Duration of diabetes; Alcohol consumption; Age
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M. Ben Lafqih, N. Idrissi Dafali, S. Rafi, G. El Mghari and N. EL Ansari. Neuropathic pain in patients with diabetes: Utility of DN4 questionnaire. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(01), 093-096. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.1466
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