Psychometric properties of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia amongst Iranian patients with chronic persistent pain - Payesh (Health Monitor)
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Narjes Rahmati, Mohammad Ali Asghari Moghadam, Mohammad Reza Shairi, Mohsen Paknejad, Zahra Rahmati, Maryam Ghassami, et al . Psychometric properties of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia amongst Iranian patients with chronic persistent pain. Payesh 2014; 13 (2) :197-210
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1- School of Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
2- Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
3- Sina Center for Education of Exceptional children, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
5- Department of Neurosurgury, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Objective (s): This paper presents the results of a study that examined the factor structure, divergent and convergent validity and reliability of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) amongst a sample of 195 Iranian patients with chronic persistent pain.
Methods: All participants completed a group of self-report measures including the Persian versions of TSK, pain severity, physical disability, depression, and catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy beliefs. The factor structure of the TSK was examined, using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.
Results: The results indicated that TSK is conceptualized within a two-factor model, namely “believed injury” and “activity avoidance”. Results also indicated that the TSK and its two subscales have good internal consistency and test-retest reliability (with a 7-14 days interval). The results of correlation analysis between TSK and its 2 subscales with measures of pain, disability, depression, catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy beliefs supported both the convergent and the divergent validity for the TSK and the two subscales.
Conclusion: The Persian version of TSK had satisfactory psychometric properties and can be administered amongst the Iranian population with chronic persistent pain.
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type of study: Descriptive |
Accepted: 2012/08/12 | ePublished ahead of print: 2014/01/25 | Published: 2014/03/15

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