Christopher R Johnston, Patrick J Horn, Ana Paula Alonso
First draft reference genome and annotation of the alternative oil species Physaria fendleri
G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
currently available pain assessment scales focus painrelated symptoms limitations imposed pain validated assessment tools measure pain regulated live well pain missing study seeks fill gap describing development preliminary validation biobehavior life regulation blr scale blr scale assesses engagement social relatedness selfgrowth presence chronic pain unpredictability chronic pain sources items included survivor strategies patient experiences existing scales unpredictable pain research review suitability yielded 52 items validation measures identified engagement social relatedness selfgrowth unpredictability pain study sample n 202 represented patients treated phoenix va health care system n 112 two community clinics n 90 demographic characteristics included average age 525 heterogeneous ethnicity race va mainly nonhispanic white community clinics 14 years education pain duration 18 years va 154 years community clinics exploratory factor analysis using oblimin rotation va sample n 112 yielded twofactor solution accounted 4823 total variance confirmatory factor analysis cfa sample showed high correlations among items factor 1 indicating redundancy need reduce items final cfa indicated 2factor solution adequate fit data 2factor cfa replicated sample 2 community clinics n 90 similarly adequate fit data factor 1 pain regulation covered 8 items engagement social relatedness selfgrowth factor 2 pain unpredictability covered 6 items related experience unpredictable pain construct validity showed moderate higher pearson correlations blr subscales relevant wellestablished constructs consistent across va community samples blr scale assesses adaptive regulation strategies unpredictable pain potential tool evaluating regulation resources pain unpredictability