Are PainDETECT Scores in Musculoskeletal Disorders Associated with Duration of Daily Pain and Time Elapsed Since Current Pain Onset?

Overview

Journal Pain Rep

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Date 2019 Oct 5

PMID 31583354

Citations 2

Authors

Jean-Marie Berthelot

Noura Biha

Christelle Darrieutort-Laffite

Benoit Le Goff

Yves Maugars

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Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to compare painDETECT scores in outpatients seen in a rheumatology department over a 1-month period and search for correlations between painDETECT scores and the estimated duration of daily pain and time elapsed since the onset of current pain.

Patients And Methods: A total of 529 of 738 outpatients agreed to complete a set of questionnaires, including painDETECT.

Results: The mean painDETECT score was 14.14 ± 7.59, and 31% of the patients had painDETECT scores of >18. Fibromyalgia ranked first (21.2 ± 6.0), followed by osteoarthritis of the lower limbs (17.8 ± 8.2), back pain and radiculopathies (16.1 ± 6.8), osteoarthritis of the upper limbs (15.7 ± 8.1), spondylarthrosis (15.1 ± 7.2), entrapment neuropathies (14.1 ± 2.4), rheumatoid arthritis (13.8 ± 7.1), miscellaneous conditions (13.8 ± 8.2), tendinitis (13.4 ± 7.9), connectivitis (11.5 ± 6.7), and osteoporosis (8.5 ± 6.9). The duration of daily pain was much longer in patients with painDETECT scores of >18 (12.41 ± 8.45 vs 6.53 ± 7.45 hours) ( = 0.0000), but very similar painDETECT scores were observed for patients suffering from pain for less than 1 week (13.7 ± 8.2; 38% > 18), for 1 month (14.5 ± 8.2; 25% > 18), several months (12.7 ± 7.3; 23% > 18), 1 year (13.8 ± 7.7; 29% > 18), or several years (14.7 ± 7.4; 33% > 18).

Conclusion: PainDETECT scores differed little depending on the musculoskeletal condition, strongly correlated with the duration of daily pain, and appeared to be as high in patients with recent pain as in those suffering for years.

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