Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Oct;37(9):999-1011. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss069. Epub 2012 Jun 7.
Examine the psychometric properties of the SCARED in pediatric chronic pain.
Participants were parents (n = 313 mothers, 163 fathers) and youth (n = 349) presenting for treatment of pediatric chronic pain. Participants completed the SCARED and measures of pain catastrophizing, internalizing problems, and health-related quality of life.
Internal consistency (Cronbach's α) of SCARED Total scores ranged from .92 to .93 across sources of report. All subscales except for School Phobia exhibited good internal consistency. SCARED scores were significantly positively related to internalizing symptoms and pain catastrophizing; and negatively related to health-related quality of life. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed acceptable fit of the SCARED measurement model.
The SCARED shows promise as a measure of anxiety in pediatric pain. Important caveats for its usage and areas in need of additional research are discussed. Of importance in pediatric pain is improving current approaches for measuring school anxiety in this population.
研究 SCARED 在儿科慢性疼痛中的心理计量学特性。
参与者包括前来接受儿科慢性疼痛治疗的父母（n=313 位母亲，163 位父亲）和青少年（n=349 位）。参与者完成了 SCARED 量表以及疼痛灾难化、内化问题和健康相关生活质量的测量。
SCARED 总分的内部一致性（Cronbach's α）在报告来源之间的范围从.92 到.93。除了学校恐惧症外，所有分量表都表现出了良好的内部一致性。SCARED 评分与内化症状和疼痛灾难化呈显著正相关；与健康相关的生活质量呈负相关。验证性因子分析显示 SCARED 测量模型具有可接受的拟合度。
SCARED 有望成为儿科疼痛焦虑的一种测量工具。讨论了其使用的重要注意事项和需要进一步研究的领域。在儿科疼痛中，重要的是要改进目前在该人群中测量学校焦虑的方法。
