• Reumatología clinica · Aug 2015

    Adaptation and validation of the graded chronic pain scale into Spanish.

    • Raúl Ferrer-Peña, Alfonso Gil-Martínez, Joaquín Pardo-Montero, Virginia Jiménez-Penick, Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo, and Roy La Touche.
    • Centro de Salud Entrevías, Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, España; Grupo de Investigación Motion in Brains de «Ciencias del Movimiento, Bioconducta y Estudio del Dolor», Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España; Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España. Electronic address: raul.ferrer@salud.madrid.org.
    • Reumatol Clin. 2015 Aug 19.

    ObjectiveTo adapt the Graded Chronic Pain Scale for use in Primary care patients in Spain, and to assess its psychometric properties.MethodsClinical measures observational study investigating the severity of chronic pain. The methodology included a process of translation and back-translation following the international guidelines. Study participants were 75 patients who experienced lower back pain for more than six months and were sent to Primary Care physiotherapy units. Internal consistency, construct validity, test-retest reliability, floor and ceiling effects, and answering capacity were analysed.ResultsThe Spanish version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale had a high internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.87 and intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.81. Regarding construct validity, it was identified that two factors explained 72.37% of the variance. Convergent validity showed a moderate positive correlation with the Visual Analogue Scale, the activity avoidance subscale of the Tampa Scale of Kinesophobia, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the Roland-Morris Low Back Pain and Disability Questionnaire, and the FearAvoidance Beliefs Questionnaire. A moderate negative correlation was identified with the Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale. The mean time of questionnaire administration was 2minutes and 28seconds.ConclusionsThe Spanish version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale appears to be a valid, reliable, and useful tool for measuring chronic pain at an early stage in Primary Care settings in Spain.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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