Skip to main content

Table 2 painDETECT questionnaire scores at the first medical examination

From: Classifying patients with lumbar spinal stenosis using painDETECT: a cross-sectional study

Origin of pain

Patients, n (%)

Total patients

102 (100)

 Nociceptive pain

59 (57.9)

 Type of pain unclear (mixed pain)

25 (24.5)

 Neuropathic pain

18 (17.6)

Group with pain present ≥3 months

 

 Nociceptive pain

41 (56.9)

 Type of pain unclear (mixed pain)

17 (23.6)

 Neuropathic pain

14 (19.5)

Group with pain present <3 months

 

 Nociceptive pain

18 (60.0)

 Type of pain unclear (mixed pain)

8 (26.7)

 Neuropathic pain

4 (13.3)

  1. LBP low back pain, LSS lumbar spinal stenosis