Reliability and Validity of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

Pamukkale University170 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

170

Conditions

Hand Injuries Forearm Injuries Trauma

Interventions

conducting questionnairesOTHER

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (change)

TSK was developed in 1991 (Miller, Kori, \& Todd, 1991), but was not published until 1995 (Liu et al., 2021). It is a 17-item scale and is scored with a 4-point Likert scale (1= Strongly disagree, 4= Strongly agree). A total score ranging from 17 to 68 was obtained after reversing items 4, 8, 12 and 16. The higher the score, the higher the kinesiophobia degree. The Turkish version of the questionnaire has been developed (Yilmaz, Yakut, Uygur, \& Uluğ, 2011). The cut-off score of the TSK has been reported as 37 (Wertli, Rasmussen-Barr, Weiser, Bachmann, \& Brunner, 2014).

Time frame: The evaluation were completed in the first session when the patient applied to the hand rehabilitation unit, and it was also repeated 15 days after the first session. The exact time is post-operative/post-injury 2nd week and 4th week. Change

Pain Catastrophizing Scale

PCS is a scale developed to determine the catastrophic thoughts or feelings about pain experience and ineffective coping skills (Sullivan, Bishop, \& Pivik, 1995). It consists of 13 items and three sub-factors: helplessness, magnification and rumination. A Likert-type scale scored between 0-4 is used to obtain a total score ranging from 0 to 52. High score indicates that patients' catastrophizing levels are also high. The Turkish validity-reliability study of the questionnaire was conducted (Ugurlu, Karakas Ugurlu, Erten, \& Caykoylu, 2017).

Time frame: The evaluation were completed in the first session for once when the patient applied to the hand rehabilitation unit. The exact time is post-operative/post-injury 2nd week.

Beck Anxiety Inventory

BAI is a self-report scale developed by Beck et al. and used to determine the frequency of anxiety symptoms (Beck, Epstein, Brown, \& Steer, 1988). It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 21 items each scored between 0 and 3. Turkish validity and reliability were performed by Ulusoy et al (Ulusoy, Sahin, \& Erkmen, 1998).

Time frame: The evaluation were completed in the first session for once when the patient applied to the hand rehabilitation unit. The exact time is post-operative/post-injury 2nd week.

Secondary Outcomes

Modified Hand Injury Scoring System

MHISS is a scoring system developed to determine injury severity in hand and forearm injuries in 4 components: integument (skin and nail), skeletal (bone and ligament), motor (tendon) and neurovascular (nerve and vascular). Each component includes absolute scores and weighted scores considering the functional importance of the affected ray. If there are additional factors such as wound contamination, a compound fracture, crush, or avulsion, the total score for each component is doubled. All anatomical structures missing due to amputation are scored as damaged. The total MHISS is obtained by summing up the scores of all components and divided into four categories as minor (\<20), moderate (21-50), severe (51-100) and major (\> 101) injuries (Urso-Baiarda et al., 2008).

Time frame: The evaluation were completed in the first session for once when the patient applied to the hand rehabilitation unit.The exact time is post-operative/post-injury 2nd week.

Visual Analogue Scale

The pain severity of the patients was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). "0" indicates no pain, and "10" indicates the most severe pain perceived. Perceived pain levels were questioned during sleeping, resting and activity.