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Validity of the Body Awareness Scale‐Health (BAS‐H)
Author(s) -
Gyllensten Amanda Lundvik,
Ekdahl Charlotte,
Hansson Lars
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1999.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - visual analogue scale , nottingham health profile , scale (ratio) , physical therapy , psychology , statistics , medicine , mathematics , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
Quality of movement assessment using the Body Awareness Scale‐Health (BAS‐H) was validated against the following self‐rating tests: Nottingham Health Profile (NHP); Arthritis Self‐Efficacy Scale (ASES); Psychological General Well‐Being (PGWB); Sense of Coherence (SoC); Sivic Psychosomatism test (SPS); Symptom Check List 90‐R (SCL 90‐R); and Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity (VAS‐pain). In total, 75 persons were included, divided into three groups: psychiatric outpatients (n = 25), chronic pain patients (n = 25) and healthy controls (n = 25). The highest significant correlations were obtained between the BAS‐H total index and the sub‐indices of grounding/stability to the centre line, centering/breathing and flow on the one hand, and the NHP, the ASES, and the PGWB on the other, with r ranging from 0.36 to 0.73. Multiple regression analysis revealed the NHP to explain 50% and ASES a further 5% of the variance in the BAS‐H total index. Significant differences for both the BAS‐H total index and the sub‐indices were obtained between the two patient groups and the healthy controls. It is concluded that the construct validity of the BAS‐H was found to be in accordance with theoretical expectations.