Journal
JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 2109-2122Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S131479
Keywords
confirmatory factor analysis; cross-cultural adaptation; conditioned pain modulation; serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor; central sensitization; chronic pain
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- Committee for the Development of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES PNPD/CAPES)
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
- Brazilian Innovation Agency (FINEP) [1245/13]
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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 (BPPCS). 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 a= 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.
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