[Validity of the Chronic Pain Grade Scale in nonspecific chronic low back pain].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher pain grades are associated with high psychological burden and increase the risk for the persistence of chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Objectives

Previous results on the criterion validity of the Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS) have been extended to the context of inpatient multidisciplinary orthopedic rehabilitation (MOR) and have been supplemented with additional psychosocial and work-related measures.

Methods

In this multicenter study, psychological, work- and pain-related outcomes were examined among 1010 individuals with nonspecific CLBP (ICD-10: M51/53/54) prior to the beginning of an inpatient MOR stratified by pain grade (I-IV). Additionally, frequency distributions of scores regarding pain-specific self-efficacy, depression, and subjective pro

SUBMITTER: Hampel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12858461 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature