Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon

INTRODUCTION: Early diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes mellitus is important. Screening tools are either expensive or cumbersome, and thus impractical in low-resource settings. The DN4 questionnaire is a simple alternative. We assessed the performance of the DN4 Questionnaire...

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Main Authors:	Batakeh Ba Agoons, Donald Tchapmi, Anne Ongmeb Boli, Jean-Claude Katte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAMJ 2020-08-01
Series:	PAMJ Clinical Medicine
Subjects:	dn4 questionnaire peripheral neuropathy diabetes mellitus cameroon
Online Access:	https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/165/pdf/165.pdf

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spelling	doaj-15565144808c4ab5a3885c7db8507cb22020-12-21T12:45:50ZengPAMJPAMJ Clinical Medicine 2707-27972707-27972020-08-01316510.11604/pamj-cm.2020.3.165.2378923789Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in CameroonBatakeh Ba Agoons0Donald Tchapmi1Anne Ongmeb Boli2Jean-Claude Katte3 District Hospital Bafang, Ministry of Public Health, Bafang, Cameroon District Hospital Nguelemendouka, Ministry of Public Health, Nguelemendouka, Cameroon National Obesity Centre and Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon National Obesity Centre and Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon INTRODUCTION: Early diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes mellitus is important. Screening tools are either expensive or cumbersome, and thus impractical in low-resource settings. The DN4 questionnaire is a simple alternative. We assessed the performance of the DN4 Questionnaire in detecting neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes. https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/165/pdf/165.pdf dn4 questionnaireperipheral neuropathydiabetes mellituscameroon
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spellingShingle	Batakeh Ba Agoons Donald Tchapmi Anne Ongmeb Boli Jean-Claude Katte Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon PAMJ Clinical Medicine dn4 questionnaire peripheral neuropathy diabetes mellitus cameroon
author_facet	Batakeh Ba Agoons Donald Tchapmi Anne Ongmeb Boli Jean-Claude Katte
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title	Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
title_short	Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
title_full	Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
title_fullStr	Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed	Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon
title_sort	clinical utility of the dn4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in cameroon
publisher	PAMJ
series	PAMJ Clinical Medicine
issn	2707-2797 2707-2797
publishDate	2020-08-01
description	INTRODUCTION: Early diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes mellitus is important. Screening tools are either expensive or cumbersome, and thus impractical in low-resource settings. The DN4 questionnaire is a simple alternative. We assessed the performance of the DN4 Questionnaire in detecting neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
topic	dn4 questionnaire peripheral neuropathy diabetes mellitus cameroon
url	https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/165/pdf/165.pdf
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Clinical utility of the DN4 questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a newly-created diabetes clinic in Cameroon

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