Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Adapted Version of the DN4 Questionnaire (Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questions) for Differential Diagnosis of Pain Syndromes with a Neuropathic or Somatic Component

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Harifi, Ghita ^a   Ouilki, Imane ^a   El Bouchti, Imane ^a   Ait Ouazar, Mariam ^a   Belkhou, Ahlam ^a   Younsi, Rachid ^a   Amine, Mohamed ^b   Tazi, Imane ^a   Abouqal, Redouane ^c   Niamane, Redouane ^d   El Hassani, Selma ^a  

^a Centre oncologie et hématologie   (Macao)

^b Departement of Epidemiology   (Macao)

^c Laboratoire de Biostatistiques et de Recherche Clinique et Epidémiologique   (Macao)

^d Department of Medicine   (Macao)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tools; DN4 questionnaire; Linguistic validation; Neuropathic pain; Psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DN4 QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

EID: 79952295944     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00399.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. IASP Task Force in Taxonomy. Pain terms: a current list with definitions and notes on usage. In: Merksey H, Bogduk N, eds. Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms. 2nd ed. Seattle, WA: IASP Press; 1994:206-213.
2. Bennett MI. The LANSS Pain Scale: the Leeds assessment of neuropathic symptoms and signs. Pain. 2001;92:147-157.
3. Freynhagen R, Baron R, Gockel U, Tolle T. Pain detect: a new screening questionnaire to detect neuropathic components in patients with back pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:1911-1920.
4. Krause SJ, Backonja MM. Development of a neuropathic pain questionnaire. Clin J Pain. 2003;19:306-314.
5. Portenoy R, for the ID Pain Steering Committee. Development and testing of a neuropathic pain screening questionnaire: ID pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:1555-1565.
6. Bouhassira D, Attal N, Alchaar H, etal. Comparison of pain syndromes associated with nervous or somatic lesions and development of a new neuropathic pain diagnostic questionnaire (DN4). Pain. 2005;114:29-36.
7. Beaton D, Bombardier C, Guillemin F, Ferraz MB. Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-reported measures. Spine. 2000;25:3186-3191.
8. Guillemin F, Bombardier C, Beaton D. Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: literature review and proposed guidelines. J Clin Epidemiol. 1993;46:1417-1432.
9. Guillemin F. Cross cultural adaptation and validation of health status measures. Scand J Rheuematol. 1995;24:61-63.
10. Streiner DL, Norman GR. Health measurement scales. In: Oxford University Press, ed. A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1989.
11. Van Seventer R, Vos C, Meerding W, etal. Linguistic validation of the DN4 for use in international studies. Eur J Pain. 2010;14:58-63.
12. Perez C, Galvez R, Huelbes S, etal. Validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the DN4 (Douleur Neuropathique 4 questions) questionnaire for differential diagnosis of pain syndromes associated to a neuropathic or somatic component. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007;5:66.
13. Chaudakshetrin P, Prateepavanich P, Chira-Adisai W, Tassanawipas W, Leechavengvongs S, Kitisomprayoonkul W. Cross-cultural adaptation to the Thai language of the neuropathic pain diagnostic questionnaire (DN4). J Med Assoc Thai. 2007;90:1860-1865.
14. Backonja MM. Defining neuropathic pain. Anesth Analg. 2003;97:785-790.
15. Treede RD, Jensen TS, Campbell JN, etal. Neuropathic pain. Redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes. IASP subcommittee special interest group on neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain newsletter. Neurology. 2007;25:1-2.
16. Bennett MI, Attal N, Backonja MM, etal. Using screening tools to identify neuropathic pain. Pain. 2007;127:199-203.
17. Chu K. An introduction to sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios. Emerg Med. 1999;11:175-181.
18. Friis RH, Sellers TA. Epidemiology for Public Health Practice. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers Inc; 1996.