Usefulness of four commonly used neuropathic pain screening questionnaires in patients with chronic low back pain: a cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: S-DN4, ID Pain, and PDQ, but not S-LANSS, have good discriminant validity to screen for NePCs in patients with CLBP. Despite using all the tests, 20-30% of patients with an NePC were missed. Thus, these questionnaires can only be used as an initial clue in screening for NePCs, but do not replace clinical judgment. PMID: 28119771 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Korean Journal of Pain - January 27, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Korean J Pain Source Type: research