Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40276924›Full record

ArticlePain management2025

Prevalence and factors associated with cancer-related neuropathic pain among cancer patients in Nigeria - a single-center cross-sectional study.

Ogochukwu Izuegbuna, Israel Kolawole, Saliu Oguntola, Tiwalade Woods-Ali, Oyewale Saburi, Chijioke Chijindu Adindu, Samuel Olatoke, Olawale Adebayo Olakulehin

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Pain management, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prevalence and incidence of chronic neuropathic pain and its association with anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances in brazilian head and neck cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
    Observational
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ogochukwu IzuegbunaDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-8395-8967
Israel KolawoleDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Saliu OguntolaDepartment of Surgery, LAUTECH/LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Tiwalade Woods-AliDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Oyewale SaburiDepartment of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Chijioke Chijindu AdinduDepartment of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Samuel OlatokeDepartment of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Olawale Adebayo OlakulehinDepartment of Surgery, LAUTECH/LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesNeuropathic pain is a major challenge in supportive care management among cancer patients. This study aims to evaluate neuropathic pain in Nigerian cancer patients.

methodsThis is a cross-sectional study with 126 cancer patients recruited from the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and are 18 years and above. Medical records were collected from their medical files and the patients. The painDETECT questionnaire (PDQ) and the numeric rating scale (NRS) were used to determine the level and form pain.

resultsNeuropathic pain in the target populace of cancer patients was 23% in prevalence. The mean age of the cancer patients in the study was 53 years; 69.8% were females. A considerable association was seen between neuropathic pain and performance status ( DISCUSSION: This being the first study in Nigeria, neuropathic pain incidence in Nigerian cancer patients is a work in progress. Performance status and some pain modifiers are predictors of neuropathic pain in Nigerian cancer patients.

Indexed as

Cancer PainNeoplasmsNeuralgiaAdultAgedAnalgesicsAnalgesics, OpioidCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMorphineNigeriaPain MeasurementPregabalinAnalgesicsAnalgesics, OpioidMorphinePregabalincancercancer painchemotherapyNeuropathic painscreening tool

Identifiers

PMID40276924
PMCPMC12118389

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.