Clinical trial NCT05059405: Pashto Translation of Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) Pain Scale
Official title: Pashto Translation, Validity and Reliability of Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) Pain Scale in Spinal Cord Injuries
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries
Keywords: Pain
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-09-28
Enrollment: 113
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: spinal cord injury patients

Brief summary: There is a need for a culturally adapted screening tool to aid health care professionals or clinicians screen for the presence of neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injuries in Pashtoon population. . Since Paraplegic center Hayatabad Peshawar is a reputable institute for spinal cord injury patients' rehabilitation in Khyber pakhtun khwa where most of Pashto speaking SCI patients are rehabilitated. While working there as a physical therapist I, my other colleagues and patients felt a need for a screening tool for pain in Pashto language .So I decided to a conduct a tool validation study. This study will help the clinicians to assess their patient's pain type easily through the Pashto version of LANSS pain scale in Pashtoon population and hence will help in timely management of the pain.

Detailed description: The Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) pain scale, a screening questionnaire for identifying patients with neuropathic pain, was developed to identify patients with neuropathic mechanisms dominating their pain experience. The original English version of the LANSS pain scale has been translated and validated in Turkish, Spanish, Swedish, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Chinese Mandarin languages. However, no neuropathic pain questionnaire including the LANSS has yet been established in Pasto language in Pakistan.

Although these screening tools are based on descriptors, their linguistic adaptation and validation into different languages are feasible and this ensures their reliability and validity in languages other than those in which they were initially developed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with traumatic spinal cord injury
* Both Complete and Incomplete SCI patients
* Patients having pain history after spinal cord injury
* Patients having 3 or more than 3 months duration of SCI
* SCI at or below thoracic spine

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with other neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis, GBS, etc.
* Congenital conditions, tumor etc.
* Diabetic patients.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pashto version of Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) pain scale
timeFrame: 1 week
measure: Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questions (DN4) questionnaire
timeFrame: 1 week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Peshawar
country: Pakistan
facility: Paraplegic Center
state: KPK
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Mirza Obaid Baig, MSPT(NMR)
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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