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2015 OMIG Abstract 26

Features of neuropathic ocular pain in dry eye are associated with chronic comorbid pain syndromes (CPS)
Hatim Batawi MD, Derek Covington MD, Katherine T. McManus BS, Benjamin Seiden,
Elizabeth R. Felix PhD, Jerry Kalangara, MD, William Feuer MS, Dennis Patin MD, Eden R. Martin PhD, Konstantino D. Sarantopoulos, MD, PhD, Roy C. Levitt MD, Anat Galor MD, MSPH.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami; Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Purpose: To evaluate whether patients with chronic pain syndromes (CPS) are more likely to report symptoms of neuropathic ocular pain.

Methods: Cross sectional study at the Miami VAMC. Patients (n=115) were split into two groups based on the presence of chronic pain conditions. An evaluation was performed to assess ocular pain complaints.

Results: The magnitude of all ocular pain symptoms were higher in the CPS group (n=79) compared to the non-CPS group (n=36). Specifically, neuropathic pain symptom inventory total scores (27.73 ± 24.32) and evoked pain sub-scores (0.32 ± 0.31) were higher in the CPS group compared to the non-CPS group
(18.69 ± 18.38, P = 0.052), and (0.21 ± 0.21, P = 0.031), respectively.

Conclusion: Patients with multiple CPS have more frequent and severe symptoms of neuropathic ocular pain.

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