painDETECT Instructions
What is the painDETECT?
The painDETECT is a validated screening tool used to indicate the likelihood of a neuropathic pain component in patients with chronic low back pain. How do you use the painDETECT?
The painDETECT is designed to be completed independently by patients prior, during or after their consultation; however you may choose to work through the questionnaire with your patient. All questions need to be answered in order for the final score to appear. For the question with the mannequin/pain drawing, please use the circles and arrows underneath to mark where the pain occurs and the direction in which it travels. Understanding your patients final score
The painDETECT is a validated screening tool used to indicate the likelihood of a neuropathic pain component in patients with chronic low back pain. How do you use the painDETECT?
The painDETECT is designed to be completed independently by patients prior, during or after their consultation; however you may choose to work through the questionnaire with your patient. All questions need to be answered in order for the final score to appear. For the question with the mannequin/pain drawing, please use the circles and arrows underneath to mark where the pain occurs and the direction in which it travels. Understanding your patients final score
- At the end of the questionnaire, the result will be calculated automatically giving a total score
out of 38 (sensitivity: 85%; specificity: 80%).- For a score between 0 and 12, a neuropathic pain component is unlikely (<15%)
- For a score between 13 and 18, the result is unclear
- For a score between 19 and 38, a neuropathic pain component is likely (>90%)
- Further background information about the painDETECT can be found here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17022849.- Freynhagen R, Baron R, Gockel U, Tölle T R. (2006). CurrMed ResOpin, 22:1911-1920.
painDETECT is provided as a non promotional service to medicine and can be downloaded.
Download the painDETECT from www.mededhub.co.uk
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health care professionals provided by Pfizer.
MedEdhub is a non promotional educational website for
health care professionals provided by Pfizer.