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KMID : 0615720150320040017
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2015 Volume.32 No. 4 p.17 ~ p.27
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A Study on the Correlation between Pain Intensity and HbA1c for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients
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Jung Se-Ho
Sung Hee-JIn
Lim Su-Sie
Lee Cham-Kyul
Jo Na-Young
Roh Jeong-Du
Lee Eun-Yong
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation between HbA1c and pain intensity in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients, and to compare the difference between two groups divided by the risk of complications.
Methods: The participants were 46 men and women suffering from neuropathic pain diagnosed with diabetes mellitus who visited the Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine, Semyung University from June, 2014 to August 2015. Age, duration of diabetes mellitus, numeric rating scale(NRS), and Michigan neuropathy screening instrument(MNSI) were used as evaluation tools.
Results:
1.In all 46 cases, there were no significant correlations between HbA1c and age, duration of diabetes mellitus, NRS, MNSIQ, or MNSIE.
2.Among 23 cases with a high risk of complications (more than 7.0 % of HbA1c, group A), there were no significant correlations between HbA1c and age, duration of diabetes mellitus, NRS, MNSIQ, or MNSIE.
3.Among 23 cases with a low risk of complications(less than 7.0 % of HbA1c, group B), there were no significant correlations between HbA1c and age, duration of diabetes mellitus, NRS, MNSIQ, or MNSIE.
4.Means of duration of diabetes mellitus, NRS, MNSIQ, and MNSIE were higher in group A than group B, but there were no significant correlations in statistics.
Conclusions: This study could not find statistically significant correlations between pain intensity and HbA1c in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients, so more studies are required in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Correlation, NRS, MNSI, HbA1c
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