| Name of the Instrument/Tool | painDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q) |
| First Description |
Freynhagen R, Baron R, Gockel U, Tölle TR. painDETECT: a new screening questionnaire to identify neuropathic components in patients with back pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22(10):1911-1920. |
| Year | 2006 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Pain |
| Population/Disease | Generic |
| Originally developed for | Low Back Pain (LBP) |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
Axial Spondyloarthritis, Fibromyalgia (FM), Inflammatory arthritis (IA), Osteoarthritis (OA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | German |
| Available in Language | Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Freynhagen R, Baron R, Gockel U, Tölle TR. |
| Title | painDETECT: a new screening questionnaire to identify neuropathic components in patients with back pain. |
| Journal | Curr Med Res Opin. |
| Year | 2006 |
| Vol | 22 |
| Num | 10 |
| Pages | 1911-1920 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | Freynhagen, R., Tölle, T. R., Gockel, U., & Baron, R. (2016) … |
| Brief Description |
This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview about the development and validation as well as the application of the PD-Q in various clinical conditions. |
| Link | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09638288.2016.11 … |
| Brief Description |
This study assesses the reliability and responsiveness of measures of pain in people with osteoarthritis of the knee. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28532452/ |
| Brief Description |
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the PDQ in patients with inflammatory arthritis by applying Rasch analysis and explores the reliability of pain classification by test-retest |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29221427/ |
| Brief Description |
Dutch validation of the painDETECT questionnaire. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21926908/ |
| Brief Description |
Spanish validation of the painDETECT questionnaire. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29684014/ |
| Brief Description |
Arabic validation of the painDETECT questionnaire. |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Rainer Freynhagen |
| r.baron@neurologie.uni-kiel.de | |
| Address | Dr R. Freynhagen, MD, DEAA Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
The painDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q) is a a simple and reliable screening questionnaire of neuropathic pain. It classifies people into groups based on a summative score from nine-items: a neuropathic component is unlikely (<12), result is ambiguous (13–18) and neuropathic component is likely (>19). Most items use a 6-point scale where higher scores are suggestive of greater intensity (where 0=never and 5=very strongly). |
| Number of Items | 9 |
| Range | Maximum possible score = 38, minimum = –1; only integral values are possible. |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes 6 |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Online, Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
The questionnaire consists of seven questions that address the quality of neuropathic pain symptoms; it is completed by the patient and no physical examination is required. The first five questions ask about the gradation of pain, scored from 0 to 5 (never = 0, hardly noticed = 1, slightly = 2; moderately = 3, strongly = 4, very strongly = 5). Question 6 asks about the pain course pattern, scored from –1 to 2, depending on which pain course pattern diagram is selected. Question 7 asks about radiating pain, answered as yes or no, and scored as 2 or 0 respectively. The PD-Q score is calculated by addition of the entries in the right-hand column of the questionnaire. |
| Score Interpretation | score -1 to 38 |
| Cut-off points | For screening purposes the following cut-off points have been found to be the most appropriate: score ≤ 12, a neuropathic component is unlikely (< 15%); score ≥ 19, a neuropathic component is likely (> 90%). |
| Cut-off points applied to | Not specified |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | - minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | - minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Useful in clinical practice & research |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |