Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sensory Symptoms in Diabetes Patients in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetic sensory neuropathy has rarely been studied in the Asian populations. This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of sensory symptoms (SS) in the Taiwanese diabetes patients.

Methods

A total of 1,400 diabetes patients received a health examination together with a structured questionnaire interview for three categories of abnormal sensation of numbness or tingling pain, electric shock, and skin thickness sensation on seven anatomical sites on upper limbs and six sites on lower limbs. Prevalence of SS was defined using nine different criteria, with the least stringent criterion of "any positive symptom on at least 1 site" and the most stringent criterion of "any positive symptom on at least bilateral and symmetrical 2 sites involving the lower li

SUBMITTER: Tseng CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7821276 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature