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  • Title: Psychometric testing of a short form, 11-item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia-Arabic version: TSK-AV-11.
    Author: Al-Shudifat A, Farah K, Hawamdeh ZM, Alqudah A, Juweid ME.
    Journal: Medicine (Baltimore); 2020 Jun 12; 99(24):e20292. PubMed ID: 32541453.
    Abstract:
    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.
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