A Comparison of the DN4 and LANSS Questionnaires in the Assessment of Neuropathic Pain Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of DN4

Unal-Cevik I., Sarioglu-Ay S., Evcik D.

JOURNAL OF PAIN, cilt.11, sa.11, ss.1129-1135, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.02.003
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PAIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1129-1135
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A screening tool that quickly and correctly differentiates neuropathic pain from non neuropathic pain is essential Although there are many screening tools in the assessment of neuropathic pain many physicians still have the problem of not being able to identify their neuropathic pain patients easily In this study we assessed the test retest reliability internal consistency and validity of the Turkish version of DN4 questionnaire Within the same group of patients we also corn pared the DN4 with the LANSS questionnaire A total of 180 patients (n = 121 with neuropathic pain and n = 59 with non neuropathic pain characteristics) were enrolled In our study population peripheral origin of neuropathic pain mainly radiculopathies and polyneuropathies dominated The reliability and validity of Turkish version of DN4 were found to be high The sensitivities of the DN4 and the LANSS were 95% and 70 2% respectively The specificity of both tests was 96 6% The strengths and weaknesses of these questionnaires are discussed