Ethnic Disparities in Treatment of Chronic Pain in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease Living in the United Kingdom

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ethnic Disparities in Treatment of Chronic Pain in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease Living in the United Kingdom

AU - Rukavina, Katarina

AU - Ocloo, Josephine

AU - Skoric, Magdalena Krbot

AU - Sauerbier, Anna

AU - Thomas, Omotola

AU - Staunton, Juliet

AU - Awogbemila, Olabisi

AU - Trivedi, Dhaval

AU - Rizos, Alexandra

AU - Chaudhuri, K. Ray

N1 - Funding Information: We acknowledge the efforts of all contributors, collaborators, and administrative staff of the KPPQuest validation study (UKCRN No. 13344) led by research team at Parkinson's Foundation Centre of Excellence, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom and thank all patients who participated in this study. All contributors for the KPPQuest research database are also acknowledged. We also acknowledge the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration in South London (ARC) for academic input. Funding Information: This manuscript presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not‐for‐profit sectors. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work. Funding Sources and Conflicts of Interest: Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Movement Disorder Society.

PY - 2022/4

Y1 - 2022/4

N2 - BackgroundOver 80% people with Parkinson's disease (PD; PwP) live with chronic pain.ObjectiveWhether ethnic disparities in receipt of appropriate analgesia exist among PwP with chronic pain living in the United Kingdom (UK).MethodsA retrospective datamining of an existing King's PD Pain Questionnaire validation study dataset enrolling 300 PwP.Results69 PwP: 23 Black (57% female), 23 Asian (57% female) and 23 White (65% female) had similar pain burden on the King's PD Pain Scale. Significantly more White PwP (83%) received pain relief compared to Black (48%) and Asian (43%) PwP (p = 0.016). The difference was most evident for opioid analgesics (White 43% vs. Black 4% vs. Asian 4%, p ≤ 0.001).ConclusionsEthnic disparities in the analgesic use among PwP with chronic pain living in the UK are evident in this retrospective analysis, prompting large-scale studies and reinforcement of interventions to tackle the impact ethnicity might have on the successful analgesia.

AB - BackgroundOver 80% people with Parkinson's disease (PD; PwP) live with chronic pain.ObjectiveWhether ethnic disparities in receipt of appropriate analgesia exist among PwP with chronic pain living in the United Kingdom (UK).MethodsA retrospective datamining of an existing King's PD Pain Questionnaire validation study dataset enrolling 300 PwP.Results69 PwP: 23 Black (57% female), 23 Asian (57% female) and 23 White (65% female) had similar pain burden on the King's PD Pain Scale. Significantly more White PwP (83%) received pain relief compared to Black (48%) and Asian (43%) PwP (p = 0.016). The difference was most evident for opioid analgesics (White 43% vs. Black 4% vs. Asian 4%, p ≤ 0.001).ConclusionsEthnic disparities in the analgesic use among PwP with chronic pain living in the UK are evident in this retrospective analysis, prompting large-scale studies and reinforcement of interventions to tackle the impact ethnicity might have on the successful analgesia.

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U2 - 10.1002/mdc3.13430

DO - 10.1002/mdc3.13430

M3 - Article

SN - 2330-1619

VL - 9

SP - 369

EP - 374

JO - Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

JF - Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

IS - 3

ER -