Table 6 Clinical Conditions: percentage of participants in panel 1 and 2 in favor including the item, and median Dublin Descriptor

1. Distinction between acute, recurrent, incident, and or persistent (chronic) pain.

3

3

2. Distinction between nociceptive (somatic, visceral) and non-nociceptive (neuropathic) pain.

3

3

3. Distinction between commonly used pain terms in clinical practice.

3

3

4. Involvement of biological, psychological and social factors influencing the perception of pain.

3

3

1. Pain in infants, children and adolescents.

2. Pain in older adults.

2

1

3. Pain in individuals with limited ability to communicate.

4. Pain in pregnancy, labor, breast feeding.

5. Pain with psychiatric disorders.

6. Pain in individuals with substance abuse.

1. Surgery

1

1

2. Trauma

2

2

3. Infection

2

2

excluded

4. Inflammation

1

1

5. Burn

–

–

excluded

1. Primary pain

excluded

2. Local invasion

excluded

3. Metastatic spread

excluded

4. Treatment-related

excluded

5. End-of-life

excluded

1. Referred patterns

excluded

2. Cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain

excluded

3. Abdominal, peritoneal, retroperitoneal pain

excluded

4. Pelvic pain (male and female)

excluded

5. Sickle cell crisis

excluded

1. Headache

excluded

2. Orofacial pain

excluded

3. Trigeminal neuralgia

excluded

1. Primary Lesion Central.

2

2

2. Primary Lesion Peripheral.

3

3

3. Mixed or unclear origin.

1

3

DD differs

1. Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis.

2

2

2. Neck pain, whiplash and referred pain.

2

2

3. Low back pain and referred pain.

2

2

4. Injuries from athletics.

excluded

5. Myofascial pain syndrome.

excluded