Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Serbian Version of the Central Sensitization Inventory

Objectives It has been increasingly recognized that many chronic pain conditions are associated with central sensitization (CS). The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a potentially useful tool for screening patients whose presenting symptoms are suspected of being related to CS, so that additional diagnostic evaluation can be performed and appropriate treatment can be initiated. The original English version is currently not available in Serbian. Methods The CSI was translated into Serbian (CSI‐Serb) and then psychometrically evaluated in a sample of 363 chronic pain subjects. Results The CSI‐Serb showed a high degree of internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.909), excellent test‐retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient type 2.1 = 0.947), and a significant goodness of fit test result (χ2 = 888.44; P