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- Title
ПРЕВОД И ВАЛИДИРАНЕ НА ВЪПРОСНИКА DOULEUR NEUROPATHIQUE 4.
- Authors
Левтерова, Боряна
- Abstract
The Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4) questionnaire was developed by the French Neuropathic Pain Group and is a simple and objective tool, with the ability to distinguish nociceptive from neuropathic pain. The purpose of this work was to translate and validate the DN4 questionnaire in Bulgarian language and to allow its use in clinical and research settings. An accuracy study was conducted, consisting of translation, backtranslation, literal evaluation, semantic equivalence, and communication with the target population. The Bulgarian version of the questionnaire was applied in a sample of 37 diabetic patients with neuropathic pain (N = 16) or without neuropathic pain (N = 21). The reliability and validity of the instrument were analysed, and showed a high diagnostic power for this version of the DN4 questionnaire. The Bulgarian version of the DN4 questionnaire presented good validity and reliability, allowing it to identify neuropathic pain and neuropathic characteristics in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- Subjects
DIABETIC neuropathies; PEOPLE with diabetes; PERIPHERAL neuropathy; PAIN; MATHEMATICAL equivalence
- Publication
Management & Education / Upravlenie i Obrazovanie, 2020, Vol 16, Issue 6, p90
- ISSN
1312-6121
- Publication type
Article