RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of the Spanish version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale for Children (PCS-C)
A1 Ceniza Bordallo, Guillermo
A1 Gómez Fraile, Andrés
A1 Martín Casas, Patricia
A1 López De Uralde Villanueva, Ibai Julio
AB Introduction: Pain catastrophizing is a powerful factor that can affect health care outcomes as well as emotional and physical well-being. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale for Children (PCS-C) is widely used, but it is not validated in Spanish. The aim of the study was to translate the PCS-C to Spanish and assess the validity and reliability of the translated version.Patients and methods: This study was carried out in two phases: (a) instrument translation (via a translation-back-translation process) and (b) psychometric analysis (construct validity: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects and convergent validity). It had a cross-sectional design and was conducted on a sample of children aged 8-18 years was selected by convenience in a paediatric hospital. The study followed the STARD checklist.Results: The sample included 150 children and adolescents (mean age, 12.45 years; 63.8% male) and their parents. The exploratory and the confirmatory analysis showed a good adjustment of the model to the original 3-model structure with 13 items. The internal consistency of the scale was excellent (Cronbach α, 0.904), and no floor or ceiling effects were detected. In the convergent validity analysis, the Spanish version of the PCS-C showed a moderate correlation with pain interference (r=0.400) and with health-related quality of life (r=0.217-0.303).Conclusions: These results show that the Spanish version of the PCS-C is a valid and reliable scale to assess pain catastrophizing in children and adolescents.
PB Elsevier
SN 2341-2879
YR 2023
FD 2023-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103207
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103207
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025