Section of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON), Aarhus, Denmark.
Cephalalgia. 2020 Oct;40(11):1191-1201. doi: 10.1177/0333102420929700. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
Quantitative sensory testing protocols for perceptions of pleasantness and unpleasantness based on the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain protocol were recently introduced. However, there are no reliability studies yet published.
To evaluate the intra-examiner (test-retest) and inter-examiner reliability for orofacial pleasantness and unpleasantness quantitative sensory testing protocols.
Sixteen healthy participants from Aarhus University (11 women and five men, mean age 24, range 21-26 years) contributed. Two examiners were trained in performing the entire quantitative sensory testing protocols for pleasantness and unpleasantness, which included the additional dynamic tactile stimulation test using a goat-hair brush. Each participant underwent examination of both protocols by each examiner (inter-examiner reliability) on day 1. They returned at least 8 days following the testing to be re-examined by one examiner (intra-examiner reliability). All testing was performed on the skin of the right mandibular mental region. The intraclass correlation (ICC) was used to determine reliability.
For the protocol investigating pleasantness, the majority of parameters had good to excellent intra-examiner (11/14: Intraclass correlation 0.67-0.87) and inter-examiner (13/14: Intraclass correlation 0.62-0.96) reliabilities. Similarly, the protocol investigating unpleasantness had good to excellent intra-examiner (intraclass correlation 0.63-0.99) and inter-examiner (intraclass correlation 0.65-0.98) reliabilities for most (13/15) of the parameters.
Intra and inter-examiner reliabilities in the majority of quantitative sensory testing parameters (apart from the summation ratio) investigating pleasantness and unpleasantness are acceptable when assessing somatosensory function of the orofacial region. NA.
基于德国神经病理性疼痛研究网络的协议，用于感知愉悦和不愉悦的定量感觉测试方案最近已经被引入。然而，目前还没有发表关于其可靠性的研究。
评估口腔感觉愉悦和不愉悦的定量感觉测试方案的组内（测试-再测试）和组间（检查者间）可靠性。
16 名来自奥胡斯大学的健康参与者（11 名女性和 5 名男性，平均年龄 24 岁，范围 21-26 岁）参与了研究。两名检查者接受了执行整个定量感觉测试方案进行愉悦和不愉悦的培训，其中包括使用山羊毛刷进行额外的动态触觉刺激测试。每位参与者在第 1 天由每位检查者进行两次检查（检查者间可靠性），并在测试后至少 8 天由一名检查者（组内可靠性）重新检查。所有测试均在右侧下颌颏部皮肤进行。使用组内相关系数（ICC）来确定可靠性。
对于研究愉悦感的方案，大多数参数具有良好到极好的组内（11/14：组内相关系数 0.67-0.87）和组间（13/14：组内相关系数 0.62-0.96）可靠性。同样，对于研究不愉悦感的方案，大多数参数（13/15）也具有良好到极好的组内（组内相关系数 0.63-0.99）和组间（组内相关系数 0.65-0.98）可靠性。
在评估口腔区域的躯体感觉功能时，评估愉悦和不愉悦的定量感觉测试参数（除了总和比外）的大多数参数具有可接受的组内和组间可靠性。
