Translation of the Self Completed-Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Pain Scale

Brief summary (from the registry)

Neuropathic pain, described as 'pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease on the somatosensory system', affects up to 3-9.8% of the investigators' population, but is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. As treatment is different for patients with neuropathic pain and nociceptive pain, it is important to screen for neuropathic pain. Commonly employed questionnaire-based diagnostic tools in English speaking countries include the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs pain scale (LANSS) and Neuropathic pain questionnaire (NPQ). Self-completed LANSS is particularly useful as it is not restricted to clinician's examination and can be applied in large-scale research. S-LANSS has been successfully translated, validated and used successfully in Arabic and Turkish, but it has not been utilised in the Chinese population. As verbal translations of the English questionnaires used at the bedside may be prone to errors in interpretation and requires medical practitioners to interpret the questions. Therefore a translation and validation study is essential.

Study details

Official title

Translation and Validation of the Traditional Chinese-Cantonese Version of the Self Completed-Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Pain Scale

Conditions

• Neuropathic Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Nociceptive Pain

Interventions

• Other: Questionnaire

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Start date

2015-07

Primary completion

2016-06

Sex

All

Age range

from 18 Years to 80 Years

Results posted

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Total sites listed

0

Eligibility criteria