Methoden vergleichen

	Central Sensitization Inventory	Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Fachgebiet	Schmerzmedizin	Schmerzmedizin
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2012	1995
Urheber	Tom G. Mayer, Ralph Neblett, and colleagues	Michael J. Sullivan and Steven R. Bishop
Typ	Self-report screening inventory for central sensitization	Self-report questionnaire measuring catastrophic thinking about pain
Wegweisende Quelle	Mayer, T.G., Neblett, R., Cohen, H., et al. (2012). The development and psychometric validation of the Central Sensitization Inventory. Pain Practice, 12(4), 276-285.	Sullivan, M.J., Bishop, S.R., & Pivik, J. (1995). The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Development and validation. Psychological Assessment, 7(4), 524-532.
Aliasnamen	CSI, Central Sensitization Scale	PCS, Catastrophizing Scale
Verwandt	4	4
Zusammenfassung	The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a 25-item self-report screening instrument developed by Mayer and colleagues in 2012 to identify patients with central sensitization—a condition characterized by amplification of pain signaling and hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli. The CSI captures the constellation of symptoms including widespread pain, sleep disturbance, cognitive dysfunction, and autonomic dysregulation associated with central sensitization syndromes such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-traumatic stress disorder.	The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) is a 13-item self-report questionnaire developed by Sullivan, Bishop, and Pivik in 1995 to measure catastrophic thinking about pain—the tendency to magnify pain threat, ruminate about pain, and feel helpless in response to pain. Elevated catastrophizing predicts worse pain outcomes and is a key treatment target in cognitive-behavioral pain management.