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Table 3 A comparison of 4 Polish version of the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI-Pol) factor scores in the patient (n = 151) and healthy control (n = 30) samples

From: Psychometric validation of the Polish version of the Central Sensitization Inventory in subjects with chronic spinal pain

 

Patients (mean +/− SD)

Controls (mean +/− SD)

F

Df

P

General disability and physical symptoms

18.2 +/− 7.8

Range: 0–36.0

Median: 19.0 (IQR 12.0)

11.3 +/−4.0

Range 4.0–21.0

Median: 5.0 (IQR 6.0)

a22.6

181

< 0.00

Emotional distress

7.5 +/− 5.1

Range: 0.0–21.0

Median: 7.0 (IQR 8.0)

6.1 +/− 3.3

Range 1.0–13.0

Median 5.0 (IQR 6.0)

a2.18

181

< 0.14

Headache, jaw symptoms

4.9 +/− 3.8

Range 0–18.0

Median 4.0 (IQR 5.0)

2.8 +/− 2.4

Range 0–9.0

Median 2.0 (IQR 3.0)

bχ2 9.5

181

< 0.00

Urological symptoms

4.1 +/− 2.6

Range: 0–10.0

Median 4.0 (IQR 4.0)

1.9 +/− 1.9

Range 0–7.0

Median 1.0 (IQR 3.0)

bχ2 12.9

181

< 0.00

  1. aThe analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied with post-hoc Tukey analysis. bThe Kruskal-Wallis test was applied, and the chi2 for the Kruskal-Wallis test is reported here because the assumption of normality of distribution and homogeneity of variances was not met for this factor