Validating the Use of Two-Item Measures of Pain Beliefs and Coping Strategies for a Veteran Population

Tan, Gabriel; Nguyen, Quang X.; Cardin, Scott A.; Jensen, Mark P.

doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2005.11.007

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“…Scores are measured on a scale of 0 to 6 representing the frequency of use of each pain coping response. Research supports the validity of these 2-item scales on the basis of their strong associations with the parent scales (Pearson r = 0.78 to 0.92), as well as their moderate associations with a variety of criterion variables in samples of patients seeking treatment for chronic pain [22,47]. A recent study supported moderate associations of this brief version of the CSQ with criterion variables in knee OA [37].…”

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“…Relatedly, we relied on a brief measure of pain coping in which scales were formed of only 2 items each. Although the psychometric properties of these short pain coping scales are supported relative to longer instruments [22,47], it may be that these shorter scales are statistically less stable than would be expected if they were composed of more items. However, the efficiency of brief reports of pain coping in busy clinical practices makes them more amenable to patient-centered research.…”

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Prognostic value of coping strategies in a community-based sample of persons with chronic symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Alschuler

Molton

Jensen

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Pain

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Radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent condition that has been the focus of a number of studies identifying factors that are prognostic of continued or worsening pain and function. Although prior prognostic studies have identified a number of demographic, physical, and psychological factors that are predictive of outcome, minimal focus has been placed on pain coping skills as prognostic factors, despite cross-sectional evidence suggesting that pain coping skills are associated with pain and function in knee OA. The present study reports on the use of pain coping skills as prognostic factors for changes in pain and/or function over a 1-year period. Participants were drawn from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, a prospective longitudinal cohort study of persons recruited from the community who either had knee OA or were at high risk for developing knee OA. Data from the Coping Strategies Questionnaire were compared against 1-year change in pain, function, or both, using established criteria for defining whether the patient got better, worse, or stayed the same over the 1-year period. Results revealed a significant effect for praying/hoping, increased behavioral activities, and pain catastrophizing as prognostic of pain outcomes; ignoring pain and praying/hoping were prognostic of function outcomes; and increased behavioral activities and pain catastrophizing were prognostic of a combined pain and function outcome. The findings provide important new evidence regarding the potential clinical relevance of a number of pain coping responses hypothesized to influence future pain and function in persons with arthritis.

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Prognostic value of coping strategies in a community-based sample of persons with chronic symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Alschuler

Molton

Jensen

et al. 2013

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“…The scales of the two-item version showed strong correlations with their respective parent subscales, which supported construct validity. Moreover, the two-item version had adequate sensitivity to change and criterion-related validity [31][32][33]. A Catalan version of the two-item version of the CPCI was developed for this study using the back translation method suggested by Berkanovic [34].…”

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Are coping and catastrophising independently related to disability and depression in patients with whiplash associated disorders?

Nieto

Miró

Huguet

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…Such data reduction was felt to be necessary given the highly-skewed distribution although the effect of this is that increases or decreases in the frequency of use of different coping strategies could not be directly quantified. The 2-item CSQ has recently been validated in older adults 50 but misclassification will be higher for the 1-item version. Several recommended treatments were not included in our study (eg aids and adaptations, supports/braces, general aerobic exercise) or the source (eg prescribed vs OTC) not specified.…”

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When Knee Pain Becomes Severe: A Nested Case-Control Analysis in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Peat

Thomas

2009

The Journal of Pain

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Mild knee pain is a common symptom in later life. Despite this fact, there are few data on the impact of it worsening or how individuals alter their appraisals and behavior when it becomes severe. We sought to describe the changes that accompany a substantial deterioration in characteristic knee pain. A nested case-control analysis of existing cohort data identified 57 adults aged over 50 years experiencing progression from mild to severe characteristic pain intensity 18 months later and compared them, before and after this transition, with 228 controls whose knee pain did not progress. Worsening knee pain was accompanied by a marked increase in pain frequency and extent, functional limitation, depressive symptoms, catastrophising, praying and hoping, and use of oral and topical analgesia. Most individuals consulted a general practitioner either during or after this episode. Although relatively rare, substantial deterioration in knee pain has a major impact on those affected. Timely presentation to primary care, addressing potentially unhelpful appraisals and coping strategies, reinforcing core nonpharmacological management, and future research to identify triggering events for substantial deterioration and loss of adequate pain control should be part of an agenda to improve care for this important minority of older adults with knee pain.PerspectiveThis article describes what happens when the common symptom of mild knee pain in later life becomes significantly worse. The results may help clinicians understand the health impact, changes in patient appraisal and coping, and treatments that typically accompany this change in symptoms.

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Validating the Use of Two-Item Measures of Pain Beliefs and Coping Strategies for a Veteran Population

Cited by 46 publications

References 49 publications

Prognostic value of coping strategies in a community-based sample of persons with chronic symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Prognostic value of coping strategies in a community-based sample of persons with chronic symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Are coping and catastrophising independently related to disability and depression in patients with whiplash associated disorders?

When Knee Pain Becomes Severe: A Nested Case-Control Analysis in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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