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Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research

Psychometric validation of the Portuguese version of the Neuropathic Pain Symptoms Inventory

Authors: Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Karine ASL Ferreira, Carine M Nishimura, Lyn T Yeng, Abrahão F Batista, Katia de Sá, Joaci Araujo, Patrick RNAG Stump, Helena H Kaziyama, Ricardo Galhardoni, Erich T Fonoff, Gerson Ballester, Telma Zakka, Didier Bouhassira, Manoel J Teixeira

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Backgroud

It has been shown that different symptoms or symptom combinations of neuropathic pain (NeP) may correspond to different mechanistic backgrounds and respond differently to treatment. The Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) is able to detect distinct clusters of symptoms (i.e. dimensions) with a putative common mechanistic background. The present study described the psychometric validation of the Portuguese version (PV) of the NPSI.

Methods

Patients were seen in two consecutive visits, three to four weeks apart. They were asked to: (i) rate their mean pain intensity in the last 24 hours on an 11-point (0-10) numerical scale; (ii) complete the PV-NPSI; (iii) provide the list of pain medications and doses currently in use. VAS and Global Impression of Change (GIC) were filled out in the second visit.

Results

PV-NPSI underwent test-retest reliability, factor analysis, analysis of sensitivity to changes between both visits. The PV-NPSI was reliable in this setting, with a good intra-class correlation for all items. The factorial analysis showed that the PV-NPSI inventory assessed different components of neuropathic pain. Five different factors were found. The PV-NPSI was adequate to evaluate patients with neuropathic pain and to detect clusters of NeP symptoms.

Conclusions

The psychometric properties of the PV-NPSI rendered it adequate to evaluate patients with both central and peripheral neuropathic pain syndromes and to detect clusters of NeP symptoms.
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Metadata
Title
Psychometric validation of the Portuguese version of the Neuropathic Pain Symptoms Inventory
Authors
Daniel Ciampi de Andrade
Karine ASL Ferreira
Carine M Nishimura
Lyn T Yeng
Abrahão F Batista
Katia de Sá
Joaci Araujo
Patrick RNAG Stump
Helena H Kaziyama
Ricardo Galhardoni
Erich T Fonoff
Gerson Ballester
Telma Zakka
Didier Bouhassira
Manoel J Teixeira
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-9-107

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