Validation of a Spanish language version of the pain self-perception scale in patients with fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Pain Self-Perception Scale (PSPS) is a 24-item questionnaire used to assess mental defeat in chronic pain patients. The aim of this study was to develop a Spanish language version of the PSPS (PSPS-Spanish), to assess the instrument's psychometric properties in a sample of patients with fibromyalgia and to confirm a possible overlapping between mental defeat and pain catastrophizing.

Methods

The PSPS was translated into Spanish by three bilingual content and linguistic experts, and then back-translated into English to assess for equivalence. The final Spanish version was administered, along with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS), Pain Visual Analogue Scale (PVAS), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), to 250 S

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Campayo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2991283 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature