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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Biobehav Res. 2018 Jun 27;23(2):e12135. doi: 10.1111/jabr.12135

Table 2.

CS Domains and Sample Self-Reported Assessment Tools

Domain and Instruments Purpose Reference
Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions Diagnostic entities with CS being the suspected pathophysiological mechanism
CMSI Assesses a subset of the 10 COPCs (Williams & Schilling, 2009)
COPCS Assesses all 10 COPCS (still in beta version as of this publication)
General Hypersensitivity
SHS Assesses general and specific sensory hypersensitivity (Dixon et al., 2016)
S.P.A.C.E. Symptom Cluster
MOS Sleep Scale Sleep Problems (Allen et al., 2009)
PSQI Sleep Problems (Buysse et al., 1989)
PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Sleep Problems (Yu et al., 2011)
PROMIS Sleep-related Impairment Non-restorative sleep (Yu et al., 2011)
VAS, NRS Pain intensity (Jensen & Karoly, 2011b)
MPQ Pain Quality and intensity (Melzack, 1987)
BPI Pain distribution and intensity (C. Cleeland, 2009)
PainDetect Pain distribution, intensity quality: differentiate nociceptive from neuropathic (Freynhagen, Baron, Gockel, & Tolle, 2006b)
BDI-II Depressive symptomatology (Beck et al., 1996)
CESD-R Depressive symptomatology (Eaton et al., 2004)
PHQ-9 Depressive symptomatology (Kroenke et al., 2001)
STAI Anxiety symptoms (Spielberger et al., 1983)
GAD-7 Anxiety symptoms (Spitzer et al., 2006)
HADS Both anxiety and depressive symptoms (Snaith, 2003)
PANAS Positive and negative affect (Watson et al., 1988)
PROMIS Negative Emotions Negative emotions (Cella et al., 2010)
MASQ Perceived cognitive difficulties (Seidenberg et al., 1994)
MISCI Perceived cognitive difficulties (Kratz et al., 2015)
MFI Fatigue experience (Smets et al., 1995)
PROMIS Fatigue Fatigue experience and impact (Cella et al., 2010)
Fatigue Profile Fatigue experience and impact (Kratz et al., 2016)
Supplemental Domains
PSS Perceived stress (Cohen et al., 1983)
CTES/RTES Early and recent trauma (Pennebaker & Susman, 1988)
Comprehensive CS Instruments
CSI Multiple components of CS (Neblett et al., 2013)
Modified FM Criteria Multiple components of central pain (Wolfe et al., 2016)

Note. Complex Medical Symptom Inventory (CMSI); Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions Screener (COPCS); Sensory Hypersensitivity Scale (SHS); Medical Outcomes Survey Sleep Scale (MOS sleep Scale); Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Scale; PROMIS Sleep-related impairment scale; Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS); McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ); Brief Pain Inventory (BPI); PainDetect; Beck Depression Scale-II (BDI-II); Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-R); Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item Scale (PHQ-9); State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); General Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7); Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS); PROMIS Negative Emotions Scale; Multiple Abilities Symptom Questionnaire (MASQ); Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective Cognitive Impairment (MISCI); Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI); PROMIS Fatigue Scale; Fatigue Profile; Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); Childhood/Recent Traumatic Events Scale (CTES/RTES); Central Sensitization Index (CSI); Modified ACR2010 FM diagnostic Criteria.