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Dr Martin Rakusa (University Clinic in Maribor, Slovenia) and his team conducted a study involving 452 patients with an average age of 65 who had been in treatment for diabetes for many years. A total of 44 percent of them (199 individuals) were cognitively impaired. About 12 percent of all study participants (56) indicated they were suffering from chronic pain in their limbs, a frequent symptom accompanying diabetes. Two thirds of the pain patients (39 out of 56 individuals) were not cognitively impaired. Dr Rakusa: "Cognitively impaired individuals or individuals with dementia evidently articulate their complaints less frequently. We therefore have to do more than just ask them about possible pain; we have to actively examine them to determine whether they are experiencing pain."