Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in Dutch Healthy Volunteers

Table 3

Correlation between PSQ measures and QST measures (n = 394: EPT n = 132; PTT n = 266).

		EPT		EPT-NRS		PPT		PPT-NRS
		Rho		Rho		Rho		Rho
PSQ-minor	Crude	−0.120	0.171	0.217	0.012	−0.074	0.235	0.349	<0.001
Adjusted for age and sex		−0.170	0.059	0.207	0.021	−0.106	0.097	0.324	<0.001
PSQ-moderate	Crude	−0.187	0.032	0.232	0.007	−0.032	0.611	0.378	<0.001
Adjusted for age and sex		−0.239	0.007	0.216	0.016	−0.044	0.490	0.363	<0.001
PSQ-total	Crude	−0.165	0.059	0.243	0.005	−0.052	0.397	0.395	<0.001
Adjusted for age and sex		−0.216	0.016	0.233	0.009	−0.078	0.222	0.374	<0.001

EPT: electrical pain tolerance; NRS: numerical rating scale; PPT: pressure pain threshold; rho: Spearman’s rho; : value; PSQ: Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire.