title: Properties of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia across Workers with Different Pain Experiences and Cultural Backgrounds: A Rasch Analysis.
abstract: The main aim of this study was to evaluate whether the construct validity of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is consistent with respect to its scaling properties, unidimensionality and targeting among workers with different levels of pain. The 311 participating Danish workers reported kinesiophobia by TSK (13 statement version) and number of days with pain during the past year (less than 8 days, less than 90 days and greater than 90 days). A Rasch analysis was used to evaluate the measurement properties of the TSK in the workers across pain levels, ages, genders and ethnicities. The TSK did not fit the Rasch model, but removing one item solved the poorness of fit. Invariance was found across the pain levels, ages and genders. Thus, with a few modifications, the TSK was shown to capture a unidimensional construct of fear of movement in workers with different pain levels, ages, and genders.
authors.affiliation: Marie Birk Jorgensen, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lerso Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, mbj@nrcwe.dk.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Damsgård
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holtermann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Søgaard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Røe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003718:Denmark; D004651:Employment; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics; D057566:Self Report