RT Journal Article
T1 Development and Initial Validation of the Activity Patterns Scale in Patients With Chronic Pain.
A1 Esteve-Zarazaga, Rosa
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
A1 Peters, Madelon L.
A1 Serrano-Ibáñez, Elena Rocío
A1 Ruiz-Párraga, Gema Teresa
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
K1 Dolor - Aspectos psicológicos
K1 Dolor crónico
K1 Ejercicio físico
K1 Psicometría
AB Several self-report measures were used to identify 6 activity patterns in chronic painpatients: pain avoidance, activity avoidance, task-contingent persistence, excessive persistence,pain-contingent persistence, and pacing. Instruments for assessing pacing should include 3 pacingbehaviors (breaking tasks into smaller tasks, taking frequent short rests, slowing down), each ofwhich relate to a single goal (increasing activity levels, conserving energy for valued activities, andreducing pain). This article presents the Activity Patterns Scale (APS), which assesses these 6 activitypatterns. Study 1 included 291 participants with chronic pain, and tested 3 structures using confirmatoryfactor analyses. The structure with the best fit had 8 factors corresponding to the hypothesizedscales. High correlations in the expected direction were found between the APS subscales and the‘‘Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain.’’ Study 2 included 111 patients with chronic pain, and aimed atexamining the association between the APS subscales and adjustment to pain. It was found thatthat activity avoidance was associated with daily functioning and impairment. Negative affect waspositively associated with activity avoidance and excessive persistence, and negatively associatedwith task-contingent persistence, which was also positively associated with positive affect. Thisstudy showed that the APS is a valid and reliable instrument for clinical practice and research
PB Elsevier
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37725
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37725
LA eng
NO Esteve, R. et al. (2016) ‘Development and initial validation of the activity patterns scale in patients with chronic pain’, The Journal of Pain, 17(4), pp. 451–461. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2015.12.009.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/14183
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 22 ene 2026