Prevalence of painful shoulder among the hemiplegic patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the prevalence of painful shoulder among the hemiplegic patients with CVA. Objectives: To find out the prevalence of painful shoulder among the hemiplegic Patients with CVA; to identify the socio-demographic information; to explore the patient's nature and behavior of pain and to clarify the socio-demographic factors for such exposure group in relation to age, sex, occupation, living areas. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. Total sixty two samples were selected conveniently for this study from the selected area at neurology unit of CRP. Data was collected by using mixed type of questionnaire. Descriptive statistic was used for data analysis which focused through table, pie chart and bar chart.Results: The finding of the study was that the 77.4% patients had shoulder pain. Most of them had been suffered from intermittent pain 71% and males (n=36) 75% were more affected than females.59.7% patients took treatment for their shoulder pain among this only 12.9% took physiotherapy, 25.8% took medication and 21% took both medication & physiotherapy.Conclusion: Shoulder pain after stroke is common, especially in patients with severe sensory motor deficits, diabetics and those living at home. Appropriate management may reduce the rate of occurrence. This result of this study also provided background information about shoulder pain that may be useful in prevention and treatment of shoulder pain after CVA, thereby reducing its prevalence.