Psychometric testing of a short form, 11-item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia-Arabic version: TSK-AV-11

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 99; no. 24; p. e20292
• Main Authors: Al-Shudifat, Abdulrahman, Farah, Kawthar, Hawamdeh, Ziad M, Alqudah, Ashraf, Juweid, Malik E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 12.06.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Arabs - psychology; Arabs - statistics & numerical data; Avoidance Learning; Chronic Disease; Disability Evaluation; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Fear - psychology; Female; Humans; Jordan - epidemiology; Low Back Pain - diagnosis; Low Back Pain - psychology; Male; Middle Aged; Movement; Nociceptive Pain - diagnosis; Observational Study; Pain Measurement - methods; Phobic Disorders - psychology; Psychometrics - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Jordan
• ISSN: 0025-7974; 1536-5964
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000020292

To examine the psychometric properties of a short form TSK-AV in Arabic-speaking patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).One hundred one CLBP patients recruited from Jordan University Hospital provided demographic information and completed the TSK-AV full version and measures of pain severity and disability. Explorative factor analysis was used to determine whether a generally accepted 2-factor model consisting of fewer TSK items applies to the TSK-AV and exhibits acceptable psychometric properties.A 2-factor model provided an adequate-to-good fit to our data, explaining 46.54% of the variance. Factor 1 (labeled as "activity avoidance") comprised items 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 15, and 17. Factor 2 was labeled as "somatic focus" and comprised items 3, 6, 11, and 13. The 11-item TSK-AV comprised of the 2 factors (TSK-AV-11) as well as its subscales all remained independent significant (P < .001) predictors of pain disability in Jordanian patients with CLBP after accounting for factors such as age, gender, pain duration, and pain severity.The short, 11-item TSK-AV (TSK-AV-11) appears to be an ideal clinical and research tool for measuring fear of movement/re (injury) in Arabic-speaking patients.