Psychometric evaluation of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS) in chronic pain patients

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-183

  Roelofs, Jeffrey ^a   McCracken, Lance ^b   Peters, Madelon L ^a   Crombez, Geert ^c   Van Breukelen, Gerard ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS); PASS 20; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3442882764     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBM.0000019850.51400.a6     Document Type: Article

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