Research Article
Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Direct Costs Associated with the Management of Neuropathic Pain
Table 1
Main diagnoses and time until the diagnosis of neuropathic pain in 624 patients, Colombia.
| | Diagnosis | Frequency (%) n = 624 | Mean time until neuropathic pain diagnosis (days) |
| | ICD10 diagnosis | | | | Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis | 361 (57.9) | 103.3 ± 239.6 | | Other mononeuropathies | 101 (16.2) | 48.4 ± 159.5 | | Mononeuropathies of upper limb | 64 (10.3) | 58.7 ± 138.5 | | Other polyneuropathies | 33 (5.3) | 123.1 ± 172.4 | | Mononeuropathies of lower limb | 20 (3.2) | 72.7 ± 172.5 | | Diabetic polyneuropathy | 18 (2.9) | 97.1 ± 299.9 | | Fibromyalgia | 11 (1.8) | 209.7 ± 215.8 | | Diabetic mononeuropathy | 9 (1.4) | 15.7 ± NA | | Idiopathic neuropathy | 4 (0.6) | 27.5 ± NA | | Inflammatory polyneuropathy | 2 (0.3) | 16.5 ± NA | | Mononeuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere | 1 (0.2) | 8 ± NA |
| | Clinical record diagnosis | | | | Lumbago with sciatica | 196 (31.4) | | | Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified | 107 (17.1) | | | Lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy | 62 (9.9) | | | Lumbago, unspecified | 25 (4.0) | | | Radiculopathy | 20 (3.2) | | | Cervicalgia | 17 (2.7) | | | Zoster without complication | 13 (2.1) | | | Carpal tunnel syndrome | 13 (2.1) | | | Other diagnoses | 171 (27.5) | |
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ICD10 : International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. NA: not applicable.
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