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Published on: April 14, 2016
Structural validity of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory-Brazilian version
Layz Alves Ferreira Souza1, Lilian Varanda Pereira1, Louise Amália de Moura1
1College of Nursing, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Background:
The Chronic Pain Coping Inventory (CPCI) has been widely used to measure coping with pain, however, the psychometric properties of the Brazilian CPCI are unknown.
Aim:
To verify the validity and reliability of the CPCI-Brazilian version.
Materials And Methods:
A sample of 705 outpatients with chronic pain participated in the study. Cronbach's alpha, corrected item-total correlations, and confirmatory factor analysis were performed, using the method of Diagonally Weighted Least Squares.
Results:
Construct validity was supported with a factor loading range of 0.36-0.90 (9 factors) corroborating original loads. The final model had adequate fit with items 42 and 54 excluded, D.F = 2174, TLI = 0.96; CFI = 0.96 and RMSEA = 0.051(p = 0.067). Eight of the nine CPCI scales showed satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.70 to 0.92). The Relaxation scale obtained a low alpha value (0.53).
Conclusion:
The CPCI-Brazilian version, after exclusion of items 42 and 54, is valid to measure chronic pain coping in Brazilian adults.
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