Preliminary validation of a German version of pain stages of change questionnaire

• Published in: European journal of pain Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 43 - 48
• Main Authors: Maurischat, Carsten, Härter, Martin, Auclair, Petra, Kerns, Robert D, Bengel, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2002; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Chronic Disease; chronic pain; chronic pain, pain management, stages of change, health belief, PSOCQ; Cognitive Therapy - methods; Disease Progression; Female; health belief; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - psychology; Pain Management; Pain Measurement - methods; Pain Measurement - psychology; Patient Compliance - psychology; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Predictive Value of Tests; PSOCQ; Reproducibility of Results; stages of change; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; chronic pain, pain management, stages of change, health belief, PSOCQ
• ISSN: 1090-3801; 1532-2149
• DOI: 10.1053/eujp.2001.0271

This study describes the development of the German questionnaire FF-STABS (Freiburg Questionnaire—Stages of Chronic Pain Management), which documents the willingness of chronic pain patients to use cognitive-behavioural methods for pain management independently. The newly constructed assessment instrument, modified from a similar instrument developed by Kerns and his colleagues, was administered to a heterogeneous sample of 118 chronic pain patients. Item and factor analysis support the identification of four reliable scales: precontemplation, preparation,action and maintenance. All scales evidenced sufficient indices of reliability and discriminant validity. Deviations from the original American version and suggestions for future refinements in the new measure are discussed.