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Table 5 Frequency of positive NPSI item responses

From: A modified score to identify and discriminate neuropathic pain: a study on the German version of the neuropathic pain symptom inventory (NPSI)

 

NP

OA

p

(NP vs. OA)

H

p

(NP vs. H)

reference study#

Burning

73.4

31.9

< 0.001*

30.8

< 0.001*

70.5

Squeezing

50.8

24.3

0.001*

53.1

0.859

63.4

Pressure

64.4

67.0

0.857

87.5

0.003*

60.6

Electric shocks

42.6

21.9

0.010*

42.2

1.000

61.2

Stabbing

68.8

68.9

1.000

61.6

0.468

60.1

Evoked by brushing

31.1

36.4

0.596

15.9

0.040*

68.5

Evoked by pressure

62.5

62.9

1.000

38.0

0.006*

67.5

Evoked by cold

29.5

17.9

0.114

27.7

0.849

42.5

Pins and needles

77.7

26.1

< 0.001*

35.6

< 0.001*

63.0

Tingling

52.3

26.4

< 0.001*

30.5

0.014*

66.4

Means for item and sum

scores (SD)

     
 

NP

OA

p

(NP vs. OA)

H

p

(NP vs. H)

all

Burning

4.7 (3.4)

2.0 (3.3)

< 0.001*

1.8 (2.8)

< 0.001*

2.8 (3.4)

Squeezing

3.3 (3.6)

1.4 (2.7)

< 0.001*

3.2 (3.4)

0.804

2.5 (3.3)

Pressure

3.7 (3.2)

4.0 (3.4)

0.697

5.4 (3.2)

0.004*

4.4 (3.4)

Electric shocks

2.6 (3.4)

1.4 (2.9)

0.026*

2.1 (3.1)

0.396

2.0 (3.1)

Stabbing

4.5 (3.6)

4.4 (3.5)

0.924

4.1 (3.8)

0.543

4.3 (3.6)

Evoked by brushing

1.7 (3.7)

2.1 (3.6)

0.401

0.9 (3.3)

0.110

1.6 (3.6)

Evoked by pressure

4.0 (3.7)

4.1 (3.6)

0.957

2.2 (3.3)

0.003*

3.5 (3.6)

Evoked by cold

1.7 (2.9)

1.0 (2.4)

0.111

1.4 (2.6)

0.460

1.3 (2.6)

Pins and needles

4.4 (3.2)

1.2 (2.3)

< 0.001*

1.5 (2.4)

< 0.001*

2.2 (2.9)

Tingling

3.3 (3.5)

1.3 (2.4)

< 0.001*

1.3 (2.4)

< 0.001*

1.9 (2.9)

 

33.2

22.5

 

22.5

  

Sum score

(19.5)

(14.1)

< 0.001*

(14.1)

< 0.001*

 
  1. NP: Neuropathic pain; OA: osteoarthritis; H: headache; depr: depressive *: p < 0.05
  2. #: frequencies for neuropathic pain patients in the French reference study [8].