The Development and Psychometric Validation of the Central Sensitization Inventory
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Pride Foundation · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Central sensitization (CS) has been proposed as a common pathophysiological mechanism to explain related syndromes for which no specific organic cause can be found. The term "central sensitivity syndrome (CSS)" has been proposed to describe these poorly understood disorders related to CS. The goal of this investigation was to develop the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), which identifies key symptoms associated with CSSs and quantifies the degree of these symptoms. The utility of the CSI, to differentiate among different types of chronic pain patients who presumably have different levels of CS impairment, was then evaluated. Study 1 demonstrated strong psychometric properties (test-retest reliability =…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 2.85
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 78
Authors
8- TGTom G. MayerCorresponding
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- RNRandy Neblett
Pride Foundation, Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics, Eastern Kentucky Pride
- HCHoward Cohen
The University of Texas at Arlington
- KHKrista Howard
Texas State University
- YHYun Hee Choi
Pride Foundation, Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics, Eastern Kentucky Pride
Topics & keywords
- Fibromyalgia
- Medicine
- Cronbach's alpha
- Normative
- Chronic pain
- Construct validity
- Population
- Central sensitization