TABLE 2.
Patient characteristics at enrollment to the Neuropathic Pain Clinic (Calgary, Alberta) for all patients with neuropathic pain (NeP) seen on two or three occasions
| NeP patients followed on three occasions (n=199) | |
| Female sex, n (%) | 124 (67) |
| Age, years, mean ± SD (range) | 52.4±8.2 (26–89) |
| Duration of NeP, years, mean ± SD (range) | 3.8±6.1 (0.6–12.8) |
| Diagnosis, n | |
| Postsurgical/post-traumatic | 30 |
| Diabetic polyneuropathy | 24 |
| Other cause of polyneuropathy | 68 |
| Trigeminal neuralgia/other facial pain | 13 |
| Cervical/lumbar radiculopathy | 14 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 7 |
| Myelopathy | 5 |
| Postherpetic neuralgia | 6 |
| Brachial/lumbar plexopathy | 8 |
| Complex regional pain syndrome | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
| No specific diagnosis or multiple causes | 17 |
| NeP patients followed on only two occasions (n=59) | |
| Female sex, n (%) | 30 (51) |
| Age, years, mean ± SD (range) | 49.7±10.3 (24–62) |
| Duration of NeP, years, mean ± SD (range) | 3.6±8.2 (0.9–11.7) |
| Diagnosis, n | |
| Postsurgical/post-traumatic | 12 |
| Diabetic polyneuropathy | 6 |
| Other cause of polyneuropathy | 14 |
| Trigeminal neuralgia/other facial pain | 2 |
| Cervical/lumbar radiculopathy | 3 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 |
| Myelopathy | 2 |
| Postherpetic neuralgia | 1 |
| Brachial/lumbar plexopathy | 2 |
| Complex regional pain syndrome | 3 |
| Other | 13 |