Saadat M, Salamat S, Mostafaee N, Soleimani F, Rouintan Z, Amin M. To evaluate responsiveness and minimal important change (MIC) for the Persian versions of FABQ, TSK, and PCS.
Eur Spine J 2023;
32:3023-3029. [PMID:
37423940 DOI:
10.1007/s00586-023-07835-w]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ), Tampa scale of kinesiophobia (TSK), and pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) are tools widely used to measure fear-avoidance beliefs, fear of movement, and pain-related catastrophic thinking in people with chronic spinal disorders.
PURPOSE
To evaluate responsiveness and minimal important change (MIC) for the Persian version of FABQ, TSK, and PCS.
METHOD
One hundred people with chronic non-specific neck pain participated in an intervention program including routine physiotherapy plus pain neuroscience education. They fulfilled FABQ, TSK, and PCS questionnaires at baseline and 4-week follow-up. The 7-point global rating of change (GRC) as the external anchor was also completed in follow-up by patients. Responsiveness was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and correlation analysis. According to GRC, patients were classified into two groups (improved vs. unimproved). The best cutoff or MIC was estimated via the ROC curve.
RESULTS
Acceptable responsiveness obtained for FABQ, TSK, and PCS with the area under the curve ranging from 0.84 to 0.94 and spearman coefficient > 0.6. The MIC values reflecting improvement were 9.5, 10.5, and 12.5 points, respectively, for FABQ, TSK, and PCS.
CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study demonstrated that the Persian version of FABQ, TSK, and PCS have sufficient responsiveness and good ability to measure meaningful clinical changes in people with patient CNNP. The MIC scores of the FABQ, TSK, and PCS can help clinicians and researchers to detect changes significant to the patient following a rehabilitation program.
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