Sánchez-Rodríguez Elisabet, Roman-Juan Josep, Castarlenas Elena, Solé Ester, Jensen Mark P, Miró Jordi
Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain - ALGOS, Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of WA, Seattle, WA, USA.
Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Jan;47(1):207-212. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2331080. Epub 2024 Mar 26.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Silhouettes Fatigue Scale (SFS) when used to assess fatigue in undergraduates and middle-aged adults with chronic pain.
A total of 426 undergraduates and 207 middle-aged individuals with chronic pain participated in this study. Participants were asked to respond to a survey including the SFS as well as another validated measure of fatigue, questionnaires about pain catastrophizing and pain interference, and questions about pain (i.e., location, duration, and intensity). Convergent, discriminant, criterion and known-groups validity were evaluated.
Convergent validity was supported by a strong association between the two scales measuring fatigue. Discriminant validity was supported by stronger associations between the two fatigue scales scores compared to those between the SFS and pain catastrophizing scores. Criterion validity was supported by moderate associations between the SFS and measures of pain intensity and pain interference. Finally, known-groups validity was supported by significant differences in the SFS scores between students without chronic pain, students with chronic pain, and middle-aged individuals with chronic pain.
The findings support the validity of the SFS scores when used to assess fatigue in undergraduates and middle-aged adults with chronic pain.
本研究旨在评估轮廓疲劳量表（SFS）用于评估慢性疼痛的大学生和中年成年人疲劳状况时的心理测量特性。
共有426名大学生和207名患有慢性疼痛的中年个体参与了本研究。参与者被要求回答一项调查，其中包括SFS以及另一种经过验证的疲劳测量方法、关于疼痛灾难化和疼痛干扰的问卷，以及关于疼痛的问题（即位置、持续时间和强度）。评估了收敛效度、区分效度、标准效度和已知群体效度。
测量疲劳的两个量表之间的强关联支持了收敛效度。与SFS和疼痛灾难化得分之间的关联相比，两个疲劳量表得分之间更强的关联支持了区分效度。SFS与疼痛强度和疼痛干扰测量之间的中度关联支持了标准效度。最后，无慢性疼痛的学生、患有慢性疼痛的学生和患有慢性疼痛的中年个体之间SFS得分的显著差异支持了已知群体效度。
研究结果支持SFS得分用于评估慢性疼痛的大学生和中年成年人疲劳状况时的效度。
