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The Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale–Child Version (SPTS-C): Development and preliminary validation
| Title: | The Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale–Child Version (SPTS-C): Development and preliminary validation |
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| Authors: | Maria Pavlova, Jaimie K. Beveridge, Sabine Soltani, Larah Maunder, Tim V. Salomons, Joel Katz, Melanie Noel |
| Source: | Canadian Journal of Pain, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Subject Terms: | pediatric chronic pain, sensitivity to pain traumatization, scale development, factor analysis, dominance analysis, Medicine (General), R5-920, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950 |
| More Details: | Background Sensitivity to pain traumatization is defined as the propensity to develop cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses to pain that resemble a traumatic stress reaction. To date, sensitivity to pain traumatization has been assessed in adults (Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale [SPTS-12]) and parents of youth with chronic pain (Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale–Parent version [SPTS-P]). SPT may be relevant in the context of pediatric chronic pain given the substantial comorbidity between posttraumatic stress symptoms and pain.Aims This prospective study aimed to adapt the SPTS-12 for use in youth and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the new scale.Methods Participants included 175 youth with chronic pain (Mage = 14.31 years, 73% girls) referred to outpatient chronic pain programs. At baseline, youth self-reported the levels of their sensitivity to pain traumatization (Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale–Child version [SPTS-C]), as well as their pain symptoms, pain-related anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and attentional control. Three months later, youth self-reported their pain symptoms and completed the SPTS-C.Results The SPTS-C had a one-factor structure that explained 48% of variance and demonstrated good reliability and construct validity. SPTS-C baseline scores predicted follow-up levels of pain interference but not pain intensity or pain unpleasantness.Conclusions The results provide preliminary evidence for the psychometric properties of the SPTS-C and the potential role of SPT in pediatric chronic pain outcomes. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English French |
| ISSN: | 24740527 2474-0527 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2474-0527 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/24740527.2023.2298769 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/3fbd4ae5b90a45d8903257ed8532cc77 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.3fbd4ae5b90a45d8903257ed8532cc77 |
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| ISSN: | 24740527 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/24740527.2023.2298769 |
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Pain |
| Language: | English French |