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Dynamic Quantitative Sensory Testing to Characterize Central Pain Processing
Published on: February 16, 2017
Validation of the Turkish version of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in patients with chronic pain
Ferda Yilmaz Inal1, Kursat Gul2, Yadigar Yilmaz Camgoz3
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul 34000, Turkey.
Objective:
The Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) is a clinically beneficial instrument that has been proven to be correlated with various experimental pain sensitivity assessments in healthy people and in patients with chronic pain. In this study, we aimed to translate the PSQ into Turkish (PSQ-T) and validate it for the measurement of pain sensitivity among Turkish people.
Methods:
Seventy-three patients with chronic back pain who were planning to undergo an interventional procedure completed the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and PSQ prior to their procedure. Subcutaneous infiltration of lidocaine was used as a standardized experimental pain stimulus. Pain was evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS 1: infiltration in the hand, and VAS 2: infiltration in the procedure area).
Results:
Scores on the PSQ-T were significantly correlated with those on the BPI-SF. A significant positive relationship was observed between VAS 1 and VAS 2 values and the PSQ-T score, BPI pain score, and BPI interference score.
Conclusions:
The PSQ-T can be used as a valid and reliable tool for the assessment of pain sensitivity in the Turkish population.
