Item response theory evaluation of the biomedical scale of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The assessment of health care professionals' attitudes and beliefs towards musculoskeletal pain is essential because they are key determinants of their clinical practice behaviour. The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (PABS) biomedical scale evaluates the degree of health professionals' biomedical orientation towards musculoskeletal pain and was never assessed using item response theory (IRT). This study aimed at assessing the psychometric performance of the 10-item biomedical scale of the PABS scale using IRT.

Methods

Two cross-sectional samples (BeBack, n = 1016; DABS; n = 958) of health care professionals working in the UK were analysed. Mokken scale analysis (nonparametric IRT) and common factor analysis were used to assess dimensionality of the instrument. Pa

SUBMITTER: Chiarotto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135359 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature