Table 1.

Participants’ responses to MNSI questionnaire

Questions	“YES” Answers
	n	%
Are you legs and/or feet numb?	57	100%
Do you ever have any burning pain in your legs and/or feet?	51	89.5%
Are your feet too sensitive to touch?	32	56.1%
Do you get muscle cramps in your legs and/or feet?*	50	87.7%
Do you ever have any prickling feelings in your legs or feet?	55	96.5%
Does it hurt when bed covers touch your skin?	29	50.9%
When you get into the tub or shower, are you able to tell the hot water from the cold water?++	34	59.6%
Have you ever had an open sore on your foot?	19	33.3%
Has your doctor ever told you that you have diabetic neuropathy?	45	78.9%
Do you feel weak all over most of the time?*	38	66.7%
Are your symptoms worse at night?	52	91.2%
Do your legs hurt when you walk?	57	100%
Are you able to sense your feet when you walk?++	45	59.6%
Is the skin on your feet so dry that it cracks open?	24	42.1%
Have you ever had an amputation?	0	0%

^*Those symptoms are not specific to diabetic neuropathy, but point towards circulatory problems and general weakness respectively. Although they are included in the MNSI tool, they are not taken under consideration at the scoring stage.

⁺⁺Inverse-posed questions that at scoring “No” answers are counted as neuropathy symptoms.