Kinesiophobia and self-efficacy perception in individuals with chronic pain: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic musculoskeletal pain manifests continuously or recurrently and persists for more than three months, with biopsychosocial etiology. Objective: In this sense, the study aimed to verify the pain intensity, prevalence and association between kinesiophobia and perception of self-efficacy in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain assisted at two school clinic. Methodology: This is an observational cross-sectional study. For data collection, a socioclinical questionnaire and two validated instruments translated into Portuguese were used: Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and Self-efficacy Scale for Chronic Pain. Analyzes were performed using the SPSS version 20.0 statistical package with an acceptable significance level of 0.05%. Results: The sample consisted of 44 volunteers, most of whom were female (84.1%), with a mean age of 51.8 years ± 6.71 years. The lumbar spine was the body region with the highest prevalence of pain (50%) and the mean intensity was 7.14 ± 2.2. The participants had a high level of kinesiophobia (88.6%). There was no association between pain intensity and the variables kinesiophobia and self-efficacy perception. However, there is a moderate and negative correlation between kinesiophobia and self-efficacy perception (r=-0.48; p=0.01) and an association between kinesiophobia and self-efficacy domains. Conclusion: The results showed high pain intensity and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. They also suggest low self-efficacy and an association between this variable and kinesiophobia