Table 3.
Ready Reckoner for short-listed pain severity assessment measures
| CPG | DN4 | LANSS | MPQ_SF | NPQ_LF | NPQ_SF | Unidimensional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Validity | Face | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Content | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Construct | ✓ | |||||||
| Comparison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sensitivity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Factors | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| Reliability | Inter-tester | ✓ | ||||||
| Intra-tester | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Test–retest | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Internal | ✓ | |||||||
| Consistency | ||||||||
| Simple instructions, short, simply worded items | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| <20 items | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| • Number of items | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |
| Able to be scored manually | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| <15 minutes administration time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| • Estimated average time to administer | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | |
| Norms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Cut off scores | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Specific to NZ | ||||||||
| No cost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| No registration/limitations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total ✓ | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
Abbreviations: CPG, Chronic Pain Grade; DN4, Douleur Neuropathique 4; LANSS, Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs; MPQ_SF, McGill Pain Questionnaire Short Form; NPQ_LF, Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire Long Form; NPQ_SF, Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire Short Form.