Dutch Version Fear-Avoidance Component Scale (FACS)
CompletedNot applicableNCT03994861
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as low back and neck pain are responsible for an enormous global burden. Fear-avoidance (FA) can be a predictor for the transition from subacute to chronic low back pain. In patients with neck pain, those who were less fearful about harming their neck, had higher pain tolerance, which might have a positive impact on their level of disability. A new scale, the Fear-Avoidance Component Scale (FACS) was developed by Neblett, Mayer, Hartzell, Williams and Gatchel (2015) to assess FA. It consists of an all-encompassing set of constructs that more effectively deals with all critical issues of the FA concept than current scales do. Current scales have been criticized because of following findings: limited construct validity, little evidence on treatment responsiveness, a lack of evidence-based cut-off scores and items being too narrow or too general. The new scale comprehensively assesses all cognitive, emotional and behavioral components related to the updated version of the FA model by combining items of well-known scales in context of the FA model with items on one's perception of victimization and blame related to an injury. A Dutch version of the FACS is currently lacking. Subsequently, the aim of this study is to investigate different psychometric properties of the generated Dutch version in patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
Study details
- Official title
- Validation and Reliability of the Dutch Version of the Fear-Avoidance Component Scale (FACS)
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Musculoskeletal Pain Disorder
- Fear of Pain
- Fear of Injury
- Low Back Pain, Recurrent
- Neck Pain
- Shoulder Pain
- Knee Pain Chronic
- Hip Pain Chronic
- PROMs
- Interventions
- Diagnostic test: Assessment of disability and behavior (by questionnaires)
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
- Collaborators
- Jessa Hospital
- Start date
- 2019-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion criteria for all patients * between 18-80 years old * current pain complaint is not surgically treated * not being currently treated by a physiotherapist for pain complaint * Dutch language is mother tongue * At least 6 weeks of pain Exclusion criteria for all patients * Pain from a non-musculoskeletal origin (e.g., tumour) * neurological disease * impaired cognition Inclusion criteria for healthy controls * Not being disabled due to MSK pain based on cut-off per disability questionnaire * Between 18-80 years old * Dutch language is mother tongue
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03994861