title: Behaviour-focused pain coping: consistency and convergence to work capability of the swedish version of the chronic pain coping inventory.
abstract: The aim was to study the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory. The material consisted of a group of 100 subjects recruited from a large population study. Pain status and the absence of pain-related sick leave during the previous year conditioned inclusion. Another group comprised 160 patients on the long-term sick list and who had been referred to a multidisciplinary pain clinic for evaluation. The psychometric properties in terms of internal consistency of the scales were good or very good for all scales of behaviour-focused pain coping. Use of the strategies "Guarding", "Resting", "Asking for assistance", "Relaxation", "Task persistence", "Coping self-statements" and "Seeking social support" was significantly related to vocational capability. "Guarding". "Asking for assistance", "Relaxation", "Exercise and stretch" and "Coping self-statements" increased in parallel to increasing pain from localized to intermediate or widespread. No gender difference was found in cases reporting more pronounced pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ektor-Andersen
authors.forename: Palle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orbaek
authors.forename: Sven-Olof
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Isacsson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013548:Sweden