Central sensitization inventory — A Russian version

Abstract

© 2020, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective. To develop and validate a Russian version of The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI-R). Material and methods. The study included 3 stages: 1) direct and reverse translation, linguistic validation of the questionnaire; 2) assessment of internal consistency, reliability and sensitivity (n=50); 3) psychometric validation in the samples of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (n=40), chronic widespread pain (n=40), regional chronic low back pain without other specific pain complaints (n=40), and in the control sample of informants with no pain complaints (n=40). Results and conclusion. The Russian version of CSI-R is valid, reliable and can be used in clinical practice as a diagnostic tool for revealing central sensitization. The study of the sensitivity of the questionnaire in patients during drug therapy proved its effective-ness in assessing the dynamics of the disease and the effect of therapy.