Assessment of chronic back pain patient characteristics using factor analysis of the MMPI-2: Which dimensions are actually assessed?

Pain

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Vendrig, Alexander A ^a   De Mey, Hubert R ^b   Derksen, Jan J L ^b   Van Akkerveeken, Pieter F ^a  

^a Rug AdviesCentra Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Factor analysis; Fear of movement; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2; Pain behavior; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYNAMOMETRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031798685     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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