PMID- 28979158 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1178-7090 (Print) IS - 1178-7090 (Electronic) IS - 1178-7090 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2017 TI - The Central Sensitization Inventory validated and adapted for a Brazilian population: psychometric properties and its relationship with brain-derived neurotrophic factor. PG - 2109-2122 LID - 10.2147/JPR.S131479 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The primary aim was to assess the psychometric properties (including internal consistency, construct validity, reproducibility, and factor structure) of the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), adapted and validated for a Brazilian population (CSI-BP). Additionally, we evaluated the relationship between the CSI-BP and the serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and determined if the symptoms elicited by the CSI-BP discriminate between subjects who do/do not respond to the conditioned pain modulation (CPM) task, as assessed by change in numeric pain scale (0-10) score. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a pain clinic in a tertiary teaching hospital. A total of 222 adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain and 63 healthy control subjects completed the CSI-BP and the Brazilian Portuguese pain-catastrophizing scale (BP-PCS). A team of experts translated the CSI according to the international guidelines. Test-retest, item analysis, convergent validity, and factor analysis were performed. Later, a random subsample (n=77) was used to correlate the CSI-BP adjusted index with change in numeric pain-scale score during the CPM task and a BDNF blood sample. RESULTS: The CSI-BP presented strong psychometric properties (test-retest reliability 0.91, Cronbach's alpha=0.91). Confirmatory factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure, supporting the original English version. The CSI-BP adjusted index showed moderate positive correlation with the BP-PCS, and classified more than 80% of patients correctly vs healthy controls. Serum BDNF levels explained 27% of the variation in the CSI-BP adjusted index. Subjects with impairment in the descending modulatory system had higher CSI-BP adjusted index scores than subjects who responded normally to the CPM task: 49.35 (12.1) vs 39.5 (12.33), respectively (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The CSI-BP was found to be a psychometrically strong and reliable instrument, with primary evidence of validity. Higher scores on the CSI-BP were correlated positively with serum BDNF and with greater dysfunction of the descending pain-modulatory system. FAU - Caumo, Wolnei AU - Caumo W AD - Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. AD - Pain and Palliative Care Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. AD - Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation. AD - Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. FAU - Antunes, Luciana C AU - Antunes LC AD - Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. FAU - Elkfury, Jessica Lorenzzi AU - Elkfury JL AD - Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. FAU - Herbstrith, Evelyn G AU - Herbstrith EG AD - School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul. FAU - Busanello Sipmann, Raquel AU - Busanello Sipmann R AD - School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. FAU - Souza, Andressa AU - Souza A AD - Postgraduate Program in Health and Human Development, La Salle University Center, Canoas. FAU - Torres, Iraci Ls AU - Torres IL AD - Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. AD - Pharmacology Department, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. FAU - Souza Dos Santos, Vinicius AU - Souza Dos Santos V AD - Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. FAU - Neblett, Randy AU - Neblett R AD - PRIDE Research Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170901 PL - New Zealand TA - J Pain Res JT - Journal of pain research JID - 101540514 PMC - PMC5589103 OTO - NOTNLM OT - central sensitization OT - chronic pain OT - conditioned pain modulation OT - confirmatory factor analysis OT - cross-cultural adaptation OT - serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor COIS- Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2017/10/06 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/06 06:01 PMCR- 2017/09/01 CRDT- 2017/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jpr-10-2109 [pii] AID - 10.2147/JPR.S131479 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Pain Res. 2017 Sep 1;10:2109-2122. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S131479. eCollection 2017.