Review Article
Quality of Life in Painful Peripheral Neuropathies: A Systematic Review
Table 1
Characteristics of the papers included in the review.
| | Total number of papers included in this review | 66 |
| | Type of paper (%) | | | Case series | 30 (45.5) | | Case-controlled study | 7 (10.6) | | Randomised controlled trial | 29 (43.9) | | Mean number of patients with painful neuropathy, per paper (SD) | 125.1 (122.5) | | Male to female ratio | 1 : 1 |
| | Aetiology of polyneuropathy, number of papers (%) | | | Chronic idiopathic axonal | 2 (3.0) | | Chemotherapy-induced | 4 (6.1) | | Diabetic | 47 (71.2) | | Genetic | 1 (1.5) | | Gluten | 1 (1.5) | | HIV | 3 (4.5) | | Immune-mediated | 1 (1.5) | | Multiple aetiologies | 6 (9.1) | | Sarcoidosis | 1 (1.5) |
| | Number of publications per decade | | | Until 2000 | 3 (4.5) | | 2000–2009 | 16 (24.2) | | 2010–2018 | 47 (71.2) |
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