Pain-Related Fear : A Critical Review of the Related Measures
Joint Authors
Verbunt, J.
Grimby-Ekman, A.
Lundberg, M.
Simmonds, Maureen J.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-26, 26 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
26
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives: In regards to pain-related fear, this study aimed to: (1) identify existing measures and review their measurement properties, and (2) identify the optimum measure for specific constructs of fear-avoidance, pain-related fear, fear of movement, and kinesiophobia.
Design: Systematic literature search for instruments designed to measure fear of pain in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain.
Psychometric properties were evaluated by adjusted Wind criteria.
Results: Five questionnaires (Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ), Fear-Avoidance of Pain Scale (FAPS), Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FPQ), Pain and Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS), and the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)) were included in the review.
The main findings were that for most questionnaires, there was no underlying conceptual model to support the questionnaire's construct.
Psychometric properties were evaluated by diverse methods, which complicated comparisons of different versions of the same questionnaires.
Construct validity and responsiveness was generally not supported and/or untested.
Conclusion: The weak construct validity implies that no measure can currently identify who is fearful.
The lack of evidence for responsiveness restricts the current use of the instruments to identify clinically relevant change from treatment.
Finally, more theoretically driven research is needed to support the construct and thus the measurement of pain-related fear.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lundberg, M.& Grimby-Ekman, A.& Verbunt, J.& Simmonds, Maureen J.. 2011. Pain-Related Fear : A Critical Review of the Related Measures. Pain Research and Treatment،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-26.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lundberg, M.…[et al.]. Pain-Related Fear : A Critical Review of the Related Measures. Pain Research and Treatment No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-26.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lundberg, M.& Grimby-Ekman, A.& Verbunt, J.& Simmonds, Maureen J.. Pain-Related Fear : A Critical Review of the Related Measures. Pain Research and Treatment. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-26.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-476132