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	Central Sensitization Inventory	Scala di Catastrofizzazione del Dolore
Campo	Medicina del dolore	Medicina del dolore
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2012	1995
Ideatore	Tom G. Mayer, Ralph Neblett, and colleagues	Michael J. Sullivan and Steven R. Bishop
Tipo	Self-report screening inventory for central sensitization	Self-report questionnaire measuring catastrophic thinking about pain
Fonte seminale	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.
Alias	CSI, Central Sensitization Scale	PCS, Catastrophizing Scale
Correlati	4	4
Sintesi	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.