Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the German version of the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI-Ge)

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the German version of the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI-Ge) - CSI-Ge

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00015252

Enrollment

300

Registered

2019-01-24

Start date

2019-01-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

R52 M54 F45 R10

Interventions

Group 1: Patients (n=250) with chronic pain: completing questionnaires (see below), in a subsample retest after 2-4 weeks. Instruments applied/parts of: German Pain Questionnaire (DGSS, 2015)

PainDETECT questionnaire

Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ)

Somatization-Scale (PHQ-15) of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-D)

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

Schmerzbeschreibungs-Liste (SBL) comprising qualitative pain characteristics. Group 2: Control group (n=50) without current pain symptoms or current medical treatment because of chronic pain: complet

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Chronic pain >= 3 months; Sufficient physical and cognitive capacity to complete the questionnaires; Sufficient knowledge of the German language to complete the questionnaires;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Underlying psychatric disease with pain as predominant symptom (e.g. pure somatoform disorder, severe depression); Patients at the beginning of a drug therapy of an underlying inflammatory disease;

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Psychometric properties of the German version of the ‘CSI-Ge’ based on: 1) Reliability: Internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) and retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, time span: 2 weeks). 2) Validity: structural validity (explorative factor analysis); criterion validity (correlation with pain- and cognition-related questionnaires); Hypothesis-testing (patients with chronic pain achieve significantly higher CSI values compared to healthy control group).	—

Measure

Time frame

Psychometric properties of the German version of the ‘CSI-Ge’ based on: 1) Reliability: Internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) and retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, time span: 2 weeks). 2) Validity: structural validity (explorative factor analysis); criterion validity (correlation with pain- and cognition-related questionnaires); Hypothesis-testing (patients with chronic pain achieve significantly higher CSI values compared to healthy control group).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not applicable.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrank Petzke

Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

frank.petzke@med.uni-goettingen.de0551-396120

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026