Table 2.

Assessment of clinimetric parameters of pain rating scales

	Feasibility	Acceptability	Item Scaling	Internal Consistency	Reproducibility	Validity	Responsiveness	Interpretability
Scales rating pain intensity
BPI short form	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	N/E
King's PD Pain scale	+	+	N/E	+	+	+	+	N/E
McGill long form	+	+	+	N/E	+	+	+	N/E
McGill short form	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+/–
NPSI	+	+/–	+	N/A	+	+	+	N/E
NRS	+	+	N/A	N/A	+	+	+	+
Pain‐O‐Meter	+	+/–	+/–	N/A	+	+	+	N/E
VAS	+	+	N/A	N/A	+	+	+	+
Scales for syndromic classification
DN4	+	N/E	N/E	N/E	+	+	N/A	N/A
King's PD Pain Scale	+	+	N/E	+	+	N/E	N/A	N/A
LANSS	+	N/E	+/–	+	N/E	+/–	N/A	N/A
PainDETECT	+	N/E	N/E	+	N/E	+/–	N/A	N/A

+ = adequate; – = inadequate; +/– = adequate but incomplete evaluation.

N/E, not evaluated; N/A, not applicable.