PainDetect Questionnaire
painDETECT is a neuropathic-feature screening questionnaire. This page is for clinics. It is not a diagnosis of neuropathic pain and not a public test.
Overview
What is the PainDetect?
painDETECT organises symptom features that clinics may review when considering neuropathic contributions to pain. It is not interchangeable with DN4 or LANSS.
Development and clinical use
Freynhagen and colleagues published painDETECT in 2006. The final score adds the sensory symptoms to the course and radiation items. The published sheet runs from -1 to 38, with nociceptive, unclear and neuropathic ranges. This entry reports that score from 0 to 38, so the pattern that publishes -1 is reported as 0 and stays in the nociceptive range.
- Catalogue status
- Educational entry
- Production scoring
- Not independently verified
- Mode
- self-report
- Typical use
- Clinician-reviewed intake
- Clinical role
- Neuropathic-feature screening support
Administration
A focused client experience
painDETECT is completed as a focused self-report and stored for clinician review. This public page does not collect answers or return a score.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration shows layout only. It does not reproduce painDETECT item wording.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring conventions may exist in official materials. This public page does not independently verify scoring, cutoffs, or a production scoring rule. Use the official form and scoring instructions for the version you intend to use.
References
- Original painDETECT paperFreynhagen R et al. painDETECT: a new screening questionnaire to identify neuropathic components in patients with back pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22(10):1911-1920.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the PainDetect
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does painDETECT diagnose neuropathic pain?
No. It is a screening questionnaire for clinician review.
Can I complete it here?
No. This landing is educational.
Is it the same as DN4?
No. They are different instruments with different item sets.
Does a score of 19 mean neuropathic pain is diagnosed?
No. 19 to 38 is the published neuropathic screening range. Diagnosis remains a clinician task.