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Papers: 8 May 2021 - 14 May 2021


Human Studies


2021


Pain Rep


6


1

The factor structure and subscale properties of the pain catastrophizing scale: are there differences in the distinctions?

Abstract

Increasingly, studies have documented the negative impact of pain catastrophizing on health outcomes. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) has been the measure of choice for many of these studies. The PCS provides 3 subscales for measuring pain catastrophizing: rumination, magnification, and helplessness. Factor analytic investigations of these factors have been limited by the sample size and relevance, and results have been inconsistent. No study has directly estimated the added value of subscale scoring of the PCS compared with scoring it as a single measure.