What are the basic dimensions of body posture? An empirical evaluation of the Comprehensive Body Examination. I

Autor:	Anne Elisabeth Ljunggren, Stein Opjordsmoen, Berit Heir Bunkan, Oddmar Moen, Svein Friis
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.medical_specialty Pain syndrome Cronbach's alpha Basic dimension Body posture Physical therapy medicine Psychology
Zdroj:	Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 52:319-326
ISSN:	1502-4725 0803-9488
DOI:	10.1080/08039489850149769
Popis:	There has been a lack of psychometrically sound scales for physiotherapeutic body examinations. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the body posture items of the Comprehensive Body Examination (CBE). Ninety-nine persons were examined: 17 pain syndrome patients, 27 patients with psychoses, 4 patients with non-psychotic mental disorder, and a comparison group consisting of 51 students and staff members. On the basis of a factor analysis 2 posture subscales were made: Peripheral flexion (PF) with seven items and Spinal flexion (SF) with five items. Cronbach's alpha was 0.81 for the PF and 0.61 for the SF subscale. The PF subscale proved to distinguish significantly between the patient groups and normal controls, even when we controlled for the use of medication. The second subscale did not distinguish significantly among the groups. The results indicate that 12 of the posture items of the CBE form 2 subscales with satisfactory psychometric properties.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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