Reliability and Validity of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

Pamukkale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Forearm Injuries; Hand Injuries; Trauma

Treatments: Other: assesment of the severity and pain; Other: conducting questionnaires

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05878509

60116787-020/81396

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) in patients with traumatic hand and forearm injuries.

A total of 170 patients with traumatic hand-forearm injuries with a mean age of 37.57±11.85 (18-63) years were included in the study. TSK, Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were applied to the patients in the first session. Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia was re-administered 15 days after the first session. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity of the TSK were evaluated. In addition, exploratory factor analysis was applied.

Enrollment: 170 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who had traumatic hand and forearm injuries
• being 18-65 years old

Exclusion criteria

• patients who have neurological, orthopedic, rheumatological disease or surgery history in the relevant extremity
• patients who have communication problems

Trial design

170 participants in 1 patient group

patients with traumatic hand-forearm injuries

Description:

The patients between the ages of 18-65 who were referred to the hand rehabilitation unit due to traumatic hand and forearm injuries, those who did not have any neurological, orthopedic, rheumatological disease or surgery history in the relevant extremity and those who did not have communication problems were eligible to participate in the study.

Treatment:

Other: assesment of the severity and pain

Other: conducting questionnaires