Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Factor structure of the German version of the pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists |
Authors: | Brunner, Emanuel Meichtry, André O’Sullivan, Kieran Baldew, Se-Sergio Dankaerts, Wim Probst, Michel |
DOI: | 10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285 |
Published in: | Physiotherapy Theory and Practice |
Issue Date: | 23-Apr-2018 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 0959-3985 1532-5040 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Attitudes; Beliefs; Factor; Pain structure; Validity |
Subject (DDC): | 615.82: Physical therapy |
Abstract: | The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS-PT) is a questionnaire that is frequently used to measure the treatment orientation of physiotherapists and other healthcare providers toward low back pain (LBP). Previous validation studies of the PABS-PT have reported consistently that exploratory factor analysis (EFA) yielded a two-factor model with the factors "biomedical" and "biopsychosocial." However, there remain concerns regarding the composition of these two factors and the internal consistency of the "biopsychosocial" factor. The objective of this study was to replicate the previous validation study on the German PABS-PT. EFA was implemented to reexamine the underlying structure of the scale, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the fit of the hypothesized two-factor model. Results of the initial validation study were not replicated. EFA indicated that a two-factor solution is an inadequate representation of the PABS-PT data, and CFA showed insufficient fit of the hypothesized two-factor model to the PABS-PT data. Our results indicate a need for caution when using the PABS-PT to measure physiotherapists' orientation toward LBP, particularly in measuring the magnitude of a biopsychosocial orientation. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12316 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Physiotherapy (IPT) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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Brunner, E., Meichtry, A., O’Sullivan, K., Baldew, S.-S., Dankaerts, W., & Probst, M. (2018). Factor structure of the German version of the pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285
Brunner, E. et al. (2018) ‘Factor structure of the German version of the pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists’, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285.
E. Brunner, A. Meichtry, K. O’Sullivan, S.-S. Baldew, W. Dankaerts, and M. Probst, “Factor structure of the German version of the pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists,” Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285.
BRUNNER, Emanuel, André MEICHTRY, Kieran O’SULLIVAN, Se-Sergio BALDEW, Wim DANKAERTS und Michel PROBST, 2018. Factor structure of the German version of the pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 23 April 2018. DOI 10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285
Brunner, Emanuel, André Meichtry, Kieran O’Sullivan, Se-Sergio Baldew, Wim Dankaerts, and Michel Probst. 2018. “Factor Structure of the German Version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists.” Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, April. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285.
Brunner, Emanuel, et al. “Factor Structure of the German Version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists.” Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Apr. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2018.1461285.
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