Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the German Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI-GE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a screening tool designed to detect symptoms related to Central Sensitization (CS) and Central Sensitivity Syndromes (CSS) by measuring the degree of related phenomena. The objective of this study was to create a German, culturally-adapted version of the CSI and to test its psychometric properties.

Methods

A German version of the CSI (CSI-GE) was developed, culturally-adapted, and pretested for comprehensibility. The psychometric properties of the resulting version were validated in a clinical study with chronic pain and pain-free control subjects. To assess retest reliability, the CSI-GE was administered twice to a subgroup of patients. Structural validity was tested using factor analyses. To investigate construct vali

SUBMITTER: Klute M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature