Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
outcome measures, commitment, people, psychology, behavioural medicine
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to describe the development of the Work In Progress questionnaire, a tool designed to evaluate commitment in persons, and its psychometric validation process in the context of low back pain.
Detailed description
The study design is cross-sectional. The following methodology will be applied as for the development of the Work In Progress questionnaire (WIP), a tool designed to evaluate commitment in persons, and its psychometric validation: 1. item generation and selection: the first defines the content of an index and ensures the most important topics are well-thought-out. The second eliminates redundant items, and decreases the number to a total that is feasible to administer while ensuring the scale measures the construct of interest. 2. psychometric analysis: exploratory factor analysis (Cattel Scree Test, Varimax Rotation), reliability (internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha, test-retest reliability by Intraclass Correlation Coefficient 2.1), Measurement error (calculated by multiplying the standard error of measurement (SEM) by the z-score associated with the desired level of confidence (95%, in our case) and the square root of 2), and construct validity by hypothesis testing the correlations (Pearson r) with related measures (Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Oswestry Disability Scale, Numerical pain Rating Scale).
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTThis is a non-interventional study
None (this is a non-interventional study)
Sponsors
International Institute of Behavioral Medicines
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* Low Back Pain * adult age * reading/speaking Italian.
Exclusion criteria
* systemic illness, mental deficits, recent cerebrovascular accidents or myocardial infarctions, chronic lung or renal diseases; * refusal to adhere.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WIP questionnaire | At the moment of the questionnaire administration | Work In Progress questionnaire; score varying from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater commitment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PCS | At the moment of the questionnaire administration | Pain Catastrophizing Scale; score varying from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating greater catastrophizing |
| ODI | At the moment of the questionnaire administration | Oswestry Disability Index; score varying from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater disability |
| pain NRS | At the moment of the questionnaire administration | Numerical pain Rating Scale; score varying from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater pain intensity |
Countries
Italy
Contacts
Primary ContactBarbara Rocca, BA Psychol
Outcome results
None listed