PainDETECT-Questionnaire and DN4: A Dutch validation study in patients with low back pain, neck shoulder pain or with a neuropathic pain syndrome

Recruiting

Conditions: Nerve pain
Neuropathic pain
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Registration Number: NL-OMON33911

Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 438

Inclusion Criteria

Men & Women; at least 18 years old
More than 3 months pain complaints as decripted above
Pain Intensity Score > 3 (NRS)

Exclusion Criteria

patients with multiple painsyndromes
Pain with an oncologic cause
severe psychiatric disorder
Abuse of alcohol and drugs
Problems to understand the Dutch language

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1. Outcome of the gold standard: The clinical examination serves as the<br /><br>goldstandard. Based on the grading system of Treede et al (2008), The gold<br /><br>standard is based on a standardized assessment performed by two independant<br /><br>working physicians. 2. Outcome of PDQ & DN4. 3. Outcome of Quantitative Sensory<br /><br>testing (QST): The German Research Network for Neuropathic Pain QST (GRNNP QST)<br /><br>protocol will be used (Rolke et al. 2006;Rolke et al. 2006).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1. Medical comorbidity: Questionnaire with the most prevalent and relevant<br /><br>medical 2. Mental health status: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)<br /><br>(Spinhoven et al. 1997). 3. Functioning: Disability Rating Index (DRI) (Salen<br /><br>et al. 1994). 4. Health related quality of life: Short form-36 (SF-36). 5. Pain<br /><br>Attribution Scale(Kraaimaat 200?). 6. prevalence of neuropathic pain in this<br /><br>patient groups.</p><br>