Articles Vol. 67 No. 8 28/08/2026

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN PATIENTS WITH HERPES ZOSTER-RELATED PAIN PRESENTING TO CAN THO CITY DERMATOLOGY HOSPITAL DURING 2025-2026

Nguyen Hong Nhung1,2,3,4, Huynh Van Ba1,2,3,4, Nguyen Hong Ha1,3
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 Tam Minh Duc General Hospital
3 Trường Đại học Y Dược Cần Thơ
4 Bệnh viện Đa khoa Tâm Minh Đức
DOI: 10.52163/yhc.v67i8.6263
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Keywords
Herpes zoster-related pain, clinical characteristics, sleep disturbance.
Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and sleep disturbances in patients with herpes zoster-related pain.

Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with analytical components was conducted on 140 patients presenting to Can Tho city Dermatology Hospital between 6/2025 and 2/2026.

Results: The mean age was 59.79 ± 12.76. Females accounted for higher proportion than males, at 58.6% and 41.4%, respectively. Among systemic symptoms, fatigue was the most common manifestation (71.4%), followed by fever (52.1%) and headache (36.4%). Herpes zoster lesions were predominantly located on the right side of body (52.1%), faccounted fory the left side (40.7%), while bilateral involvement accounted 7.2%. Most patients had moderate disease severity (49.3%), whereas mild and severe disease accounted for 40% and 10.7%, respectively. The mean age in the sleep disturbance group was significantly higher than that in non-sleep disturbance group (61.12 ± 12.08 vs. 56.84 ± 13.41 years, p < 0.05). The prevalence of sleep disturbances increased progressively with disease severity, from 46.4% in the mild group to 71% in the moderate group and 93.3% in the severe group (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Sleep disturbances were highly prevalent among patients with herpes zoster-related pain and increased progressively with greater clinical severity.

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