___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Neuropathy Pain Scale (NPS)* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 05-06-2020 last updated: 02-25-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-25-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Neuropathy Pain Scale (NPS). Reference Galer, BS, and Mark P. Jensen, MP (1997). Development and of a pain measure preliminary validation specific to neuropathic pain: The Neuropathic Pain Scale. Neurology, 48, 332-338. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Neuropathy Pain Scale asks 10 pain-related questions (intense, sharp, hot, dull, cold, sensitive, itchy, unpleasant, deep, surface) Most questions are 11-point likert type questions (scored on a scale 0-10). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'nps.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) q1: intense (0-10) q2: sharp (0-10) q3: hot (0-10) q4: dull (0-10) q5: cold (0-10) q6: sensitive (0-10) q7: itchy (0-10) q8: time of pain q9: unpleasant (0-10) q10a/b: deep, surface (0-10) q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'nps_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) + responses to individual questions q1: intense (0-10) q2: sharp (0-10) q3: hot (0-10) q4: dull (0-10) q5: cold (0-10) q6: sensitive (0-10) q7: itchy (0-10) q8: time of pain q9: unpleasant (0-10) q10a/b: deep, surface (0-10) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /pageinstructions: general intro instructions