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

Mariano Gacto-Sánchez José Antonio Lozano-Meca Joaquina Montilla-Herrador

Published in: Physiotherapy theory and practice (2023)

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.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
mental health
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
patient reported outcomes
postoperative pain
clinical evaluation