King’s Parkinson’s Disease Pain Scale Group. Ethnic Disparities in Treatment of Chronic Pain in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Living in the United Kingdom.

Background

Over 80% people with Parkinson’s disease (PD; PwP) live with chronic pain.

Objective

Whether ethnic disparities in receipt of appropriate analgesia exist among PwP with chronic pain living in the United Kingdom (UK).

Conclusions

Ethnic 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.

Ethnic Disparities in Treatment of Chronic Pain in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Living in the United Kingdom – Rukavina – 2022 – Movement Disorders Clinical Practice – Wiley Online Library