Dutch Version Fear-Avoidance Component Scale (FACS)

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Completed

• Conditions: PROMs; Neck Pain; Low Back Pain, Recurrent; Knee Pain Chronic; Musculoskeletal Pain Disorder; Fear of Pain; Fear of Injury; Shoulder Pain; Hip Pain Chronic; Musculoskeletal Pain
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Assessment of disability and behavior (by questionnaires)

• Registration Number: NCT03994861
• Lead Sponsor: Hasselt University

Brief Summary

Chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as low back and neck pain are responsible for an enormous global burden. Fear-avoidance (FA) can be a predictor for the transition from subacute to chronic low back pain. In patients with neck pain, those who were less fearful about harming their neck, had higher pain tolerance, which might have a positive impact on their level of disability. A new scale, the Fear-Avoidance Component Scale (FACS) was developed by Neblett, Mayer, Hartzell, Williams and Gatchel (2015) to assess FA. It consists of an all-encompassing set of constructs that more effectively deals with all critical issues of the FA concept than current scales do. Current scales have been criticized because of following findings: limited construct validity, little evidence on treatment responsiveness, a lack of evidence-based cut-off scores and items being too narrow or too general. The new scale comprehensively assesses all cognitive, emotional and behavioral components related to the updated version of the FA model by combining items of well-known scales in context of the FA model with items on one's perception of victimization and blame related to an injury. A Dutch version of the FACS is currently lacking. Subsequently, the aim of this study is to investigate different psychometric properties of the generated Dutch version in patients with musculoskeletal disorders.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-20
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-21
• Study Start: 2019-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-06-01
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with musculoskeletal disorders	Assessment of disability and behavior (by questionnaires)	Patients with either shoulder pain, knee pain, hip pain, low back pain, pelvic pain or neck pain as their primary pain complaint, lasting for 6 weeks or longer
Healthy controls	Assessment of disability and behavior (by questionnaires)	Age- and gender-matched healthy controls (without musculoskeletal pain)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
IEQ-Dutch scale for perceived injustice	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating perceived injustice (for all participants) 12 items 5 point Likert-scale Total score range 0-48
Fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire	day 7	3 subscales: physical activity (4 items; 0-30), work (7 items; 0-66) and rest (5 items)
The fear-avoidance component scale (FACS)	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating fear-avoidance related to pain (for all participants) 20 items range from 0-100
Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) for hip pain patients	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating disability (only used in patients with hip pain) Subscores per domain 40 items 5 point scale 5 domains: symptoms (5 items), pain (10 items), activities of daily living (17 items), sport and leisure time (4 items), quality of life (4 items)
Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) for knee pain patients	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating disability (only used in patients with knee pain) Subscores per domain 42 items 5 domains: pain (9 items), symptoms (7 items), activities of daily life (17 items), sports and leisure (5 items), quality of life (4 items) 5 point Likert scale
Oswestry Disability Index for patients with low back pain	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating disability (only used in patients with low back pain) 10 items Total score range from 0-100
Neck Disability Index for neck pain patients	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating disability (only used in patients with neck pain) 10 items Total score range from 0-100
Pain catastrophizing scale	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating catastrophizing (for all participants) 13 items 5 point Likert Scale Total score 0-52
Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (DASH) for shoulder pain patients	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating disability (only used in patients with shoulder pain) 30 items Range total score 0-100 5 point-scale
Tampa scale for kinesiophobia	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating kinesiophobia related to pain (for all participants) 17 items total score from 17-68
Hospital anxiety and depression scale	day 7	Questionnaire evaluating anxiety and depression (for all participants) 2 subscales: anxiety (7 items) and depression (7 items) Total score 0-21 per subscale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lotte Janssens; 🇧🇪 Hasselt, Belgium