Reliability and Validity of the Farsi Version of the Somatosensory Amplification Scale

Aghayousefi, Alireza; Oraki, Mohammad; Mohammadi, Narges; Farzad, Valiyollah; Daghaghzadeh, Hamed

doi:10.17795/ijpbs-233

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“…According to the , the SSAS had appropriate test-retest reliability (r = 0.79; p < 0.0001), internal consistency (α = 0.82), and validity. The findings confirmed the reliability and validity of the SSAS in Iranian (Aghayousefi et al, 2015), Japanese (Nakao et al, 2001), and Turkish (Güleç and Sayar, are the most important mechanisms in cognitive behavioural model of health anxiety. Moreover, considering the studies by Barsky and Ahern (2004), Greeven et al (2007), Hedman et al (2016), Salkovskis et al (2003), Seivewright et al (2008), Sørensen et al (2011), andSumathipala et al (2008), it can be assumed that cognitive behavioural intervention can be effective in healthy individuals with COVID-19 anxiety.…”

Section: Outcome Measuressupporting

confidence: 69%

Cognitive behavioural intervention for health anxiety, somatosensory amplification, and depression in coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety: an interventional study in Iran

Shabahang¹

2020

Psychiatr Psychol Klin

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) is associated with a certain kind of anxiety around coronavirus in healthy population. Coronavirus anxiety can put healthy individuals at a risk of false safety behaviours, which can bring corrosive consequences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural intervention for health anxiety, somatosensory amplification, and depression among healthy individuals with coronavirus disease anxiety in Iran. This study was conducted in Rasht, Iran, and included 150 college students aged between 18 and 32 years. In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria for illness anxiety disorder and using 8 items of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, which were adapted to coronavirus disease anxiety, the participants were randomly assigned into experimental group (n = 75) and waitlist control group (n = 75). The cognitive-behavioural intervention was provided for the experimental group participants in 10 90-minute sessions (5-day a week). The intervention was groupbased and included the reduction of hypervigilance, amplification, and false safety-seeking behaviours. The Short Health Anxiety Inventory, Somatosensory Amplification Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory were completed by the participants before and after the intervention. Significant reductions were observed in health anxiety (p < 0.01), somatosensory amplification (p < 0.01), and depression (p < 0.01) for the experimental group. Given the contagious nature of illness anxiety and its negative consequences, it is essential to deal with coronavirus anxiety. Cognitive behavioural therapy is efficacious for coronavirus anxiety by reducing the catastrophic beliefs and false safety behaviours.

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confidence: 69%

Cognitive behavioural intervention for health anxiety, somatosensory amplification, and depression in coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety: an interventional study in Iran

Shabahang¹

2020

Psychiatr Psychol Klin

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“…The original SSAS has been translated into multiple languages and has shown good internal consistency and test-retest repeatability. 26,33,34 The sum of the 7-items had a total possible score ranging from 7 to 35, where higher scores indicate higher non-noxious somatosensory amplification. Scores were categorized into sex-specific quartiles, as women typically report higher multisensory sensitivity than men, 11,24 enabling high vs low somatosensory amplification comparisons while adjusting for sex differences.…”

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<p>Multisensory Sensitivity is Related to Deep-Tissue but Not Cutaneous Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Individuals</p>

Wang¹,

Merkle²,

Lee³

et al. 2020

JPR

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Purpose: Some individuals with chronic pain find daily life sensations (eg, noise, light, or touch) aversive. This amplification of multisensory sensations has been associated with centrally mediated plasticity; for example, greater multisensory sensitivity (MSS) occurs in patients with fibromyalgia than rheumatoid arthritis. However, whether MSS preferentially relates to pain measures which reflect central influences (eg, dynamic quantitative sensory testing (QST) or referred pain), or whether the MSS-pain relationship requires priming from chronic pain, is unknown. Thus, this cross-sectional study investigated the relationships between MSS assessed in a pain-free state and evoked pain sensitivity. Methods: Experimental intramuscular infusion pain and multiple static and dynamic QST were assessed in 465 healthy, pain-free adults: pain thresholds using pressure (PPTs) and heat (HPTs), temporal summation of pain (TSP) using pressure, heat or punctate stimuli, and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) using pressure or heat test stimuli. MSS was assessed using 7 items from Barsky's Somatosensory Amplification Scale. Differences in pain and QST between sex-specific MSS quartiles were assessed, adjusting for multiple comparisons. All participants completed at least one intramuscular infusion condition, but not all were asked to complete each QST (n=166-465). Results: Both static and dynamic QST differed between highest and lowest MSS quartiles using pressure stimuli: lower PPTs (adjusted-p<0.01); increased pressure TSP (adjusted-p=0.02); lower pressure CPM (adjusted-p=0.01). However, none of the heat or punctate QST measures (HPTs, TSP, or CPM) differed between MSS quartiles (adjusted-p>0.05). Odds of experiencing TSP or referred pain was not greater, whereas CPM was 8-fold less likely, in those with highest MSS. Conclusion: Normal variation in non-noxious MSS is related to both static and dynamic pain sensitivity, without sensitization associated with chronic pain, but is dependent on the QST stimulus. Thus, common influences on MSS and pain sensitivity may involve central mechanisms but are likely more complex than previously recognized.

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“…Meanwhile, pain acceptance is not about ignoring pain or increasing behavioral activity to control pain, but rather a behavioral change that entails better daily functioning despite the presence of pain (11). According to research, pain acceptance leads to increased resilience and quality of life for patients (12,13).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Web-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Chronic Pain Acceptance in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Omidvar,

Nayyeri,

Teimoori

2024

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The aim of this study was to determine the impact of web-based cognitive-behavioral therapy on chronic pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The present study was an applied-semi-experimental research with a test and control group, utilizing a pretest-posttest design. All adults aged 30 to 60 years suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and visiting the clinics of two rheumatology subspecialists in the city of Mashhad constituted the research population. Considering the possibility of attrition, 21 individuals were allocated to the intervention group and 15 to the control group. After the research sample was determined in both the test and control groups, questionnaires on personal characteristics and chronic pain acceptance were completed by them, followed by the implementation of a cognitive-behavioral therapy training program for the intervention group in 8 sessions of 60 minutes each, web-based and through Skyroom. The control group did not receive any specific training. After the intervention ended, the questionnaires were completed again. Two months after the intervention, the questionnaires were filled out again by the groups for follow-up and to assess the persistence of the effect. Data were analyzed using SPSS V26 and EXCEL V2019 software. Based on the findings, web-based cognitive-behavioral therapy affects the acceptance of chronic pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, considering the results of this research and other studies on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy in chronic physical diseases, in addition to medical treatments, the use of online psychological interventions can be beneficial and productive in increasing the acceptance of chronic pain and improving various functional dimensions of these patients.

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Reliability and Validity of the Farsi Version of the Somatosensory Amplification Scale

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Cognitive behavioural intervention for health anxiety, somatosensory amplification, and depression in coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety: an interventional study in Iran

Cognitive behavioural intervention for health anxiety, somatosensory amplification, and depression in coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety: an interventional study in Iran

<p>Multisensory Sensitivity is Related to Deep-Tissue but Not Cutaneous Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Individuals</p>

The Impact of Web-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Chronic Pain Acceptance in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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