Background : Pain is the unpleasant sensoric and emotional sensation due to tissue abnormalities. Post stroke pain should get attention because it affects the patient’s quality of life and increase the morbidity. Difficulities in diagnosis post stroke pain
causes in increasing morbidity.
Objective : This study aimed to determine the prevalence of post stroke pain and related factors at Atma Jaya Hospital
Method : This was a descriptive analytic study using cross sectional design.
Research held at Atma Jaya Hospital between March until September 2017. Data obtained from medical record and questionairre. Post stroke pain diagnosis where cathegorized into musculoskeletal pain ( shoulder pain and spastic pain ), central
post stroke pain, and post stroke headache. Relationship between demographic factor and type of stroke with post stroke pain were analyzed using Chi square.
Result : There were 77 subjects in this research predominantly male and aged below 60 years old. There were 42 ( 54,5%) suffered post stroke pain, divided into 16 ( 38,1 %) subjects with spasticity, 16 ( 38,1 %) with shoulder pain, and 23 ( 54,8 %)
with central post stroke pain. There was no patient suffered from post stroke headache. There were no significant relationship between age, sex, and type of stroke with post stroke pain.
Conclusion : Post stroke pain prevalence is 54,5 %. Musculoskeletal pain is the most common type of pain among subjects. There were no significant relationship between age, sex and type of stroke with post stroke pain. |