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The pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists: development and psychometric assessment of the Spanish version among physiotherapy students

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dc.contributor.authorGacto Sánchez, Mariano Luis
dc.contributor.authorLozano Meca, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorMontilla Herrador, Joaquina
dc.contributor.departmentFisioterapia
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-24T11:17:42Z
dc.date.available2026-02-24T11:17:42Z
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dc.date.issued2023-03-21
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Pain might be approached from a biomedical or biopsychosocial perspective. There is a lack of research on the attitudes and beliefs about pain among physiotherapy students. In this context, the Pain Attitudes and Belief Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS-PT) is an instrument widely used from a clinical and educational perspective, but its psychometric properties have not yet been tested in a student-based population. Objective: To develop the Spanish version of the PABS-PT scale and to assess its psychometric properties among students in physiotherapy. Methods: The study was carried out among 103 students in their final years of academic studies in the Degree in Physiotherapy in the University of Murcia (Spain). Sociodemographic and PABS-PT related variables were collected. The instrument was translated into Spanish and tested through factor analysis, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and known-groups validity. The 95% minimal detectable change of the instrument was also calculated. Results: The factor analysis revealed two factors within the instrument: Biomedical (9 items) and Biopsychosocial (7 items) factors, with Cronbach's alpha values of 0.730 and 0.708, respectively. The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (3,2) was 0.851 for the Biomedical factor and 0.699 for the Biopsychosocial factor. The minimal detectable changes (95% CI) for the Biomedical and Biopsychosocial factors were 6.01 and 5.56, respectively. The pre-specified hypothesis for the known-groups validity test was met and revealed large effect sizes (d = 1.24). Conclusion: The Spanish version of the instrument PABS-PT-SP covers two factors. It shows satisfactory psychometric properties and it is therefore an effective framework to discriminate between the biomedical and/or biopsychosocial thoughts and attitudes toward pain in physiotherapy.
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dc.identifier.citationGacto-Sánchez M, Lozano-Meca JA, Montilla-Herrador J. The pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists: development and psychometric assessment of the Spanish version among physiotherapy students. Physiother Theory Pract. 2024 Jul;40(7):1436-1446
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2190396
dc.identifier.eissn1532-5040
dc.identifier.issn0959-3985
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/211901
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relationSin financiación externa a la Universidad
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593985.2023.2190396
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dc.subjectQuestionnaire
dc.subjectHealth belief model
dc.subjectPain management
dc.subjectAttitude
dc.subjectPain beliefs
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 4: Educación
dc.titleThe pain attitudes and beliefs scale for physiotherapists: development and psychometric assessment of the Spanish version among physiotherapy students
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