title: Test--retest stability of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia in chronic pain over a longer period of time.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the test-retest stability of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) and their subscales in chronic pain patients over relatively long period of times like those that are most often seen in clinical practice. Fifty non-malignant chronic pain patients filled out the PCS and TSK twice with a mean interval between testing of 52 days. Both assessment instruments showed sufficient test-retest stability, even with long time intervals between testing.
authors.affiliation: Pain Management and Research Centre, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. ingelame@tiscali.nl
authors.forename: Inge E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Lamé
authors.forename: Madelon L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Alfons G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kessels
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Kleef
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patijn
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007698:Kinesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors