Pain-Related Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking Mexican Americans Who Report Chronic Pain: Psychometric Evaluation of a New Spanish Adaptation of the 20-Item Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (PASS-20).

ABSTRACT: The 20-item Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (PASS-20) was adapted for Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans who report chronic pain (SSMACP). The instrument measures pain-related anxiety with fear, physiological, avoidance/escape, and cognitive anxiety as subtypes. In SSMACP, the Spanish PASS-20's psychometric properties were evaluated while exploring relationships between pain-related anxiety with other variables. Using convenience sampling, 188 SSMACP (women = 108, men = 77; mean age = 37.20 years, standard deviation = 9.87) were recruited across the United States. Confirmatory factor analyses examined the structural validity of the hierarchical factor structure. Hierarchical multiple regression examined incremental validity. Correlational analyses examined convergent validity. Cronbach's coeffi

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Alcaraz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527941 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature