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Approval and Authenticity of the Hindi Version of Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) Questionnaire

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: G00-G99- Diseases of the nervous system
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/08/056929
Lead Sponsor
niversity College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patient should have a diagnosis of PHN with evident hyperalgesia and allodynia confined to mid thoracic and lower thoracic dermatomes

patient should have had pain for at least 12 weeks after healing of rash

Pain intensity =4 on 10cm visual analogue scale (VAS)

Patients willing to participate according to the protocol

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with history of neurological intervention for PHN.

Evidence of other sources of pain that may confound the diagnosis.

Known history of taking pregabalin or any other drug for the treatment of PHN in past 4 weeks.

Patients with past history of myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis and vasculitis.

Patients with recent history of surgery.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
For the Hindi version of Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory internal consistency, Cronbachs alpha coefficient, intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), 95% confidence interval sensitivity specificity positive predictive value negative predictive value shall be calculatedTimepoint: At the baseline after 3hours & at the end of 4th week
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compile & analyze the receiver operative characteristic (ROC) for assessing the accuracy of Hindi version of NPSI to differentiate neuropathic pain from non-neuropathic pain.Timepoint: At the baseline, after 3hours & at the end of 4th week
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