VALIDATION DATA

There are two known studies examining the psychometric properties of the BAPQ. Eccleston et al examined the psychometric properties of the BAPQ in a population of 222 adolescents (aged 11-18 years) with chronic pain. Participants were recruited from two outpatient pediatric clinics focused on rheumatology and chronic pain, respectively. Of the total sample, 21.2% of participants had juvenile idiopathic arthritis; other diagnoses included headache, low back pain, and complex regional pain syndrome.

Eccleston et al. showed that all Cronbach’s alpha values were satisfactory ranging from 0.79-0.89 in the rheumatology sample. Gagnon et al determined that  reliability coefficients for the individual subscales ranged from 0.81 - 0.87. 

Eccleston et al showed evaluated test-retest reliability in a subset of 30 participants over a 17-day period. Reliability coefficients were calculated for each of the seven domains and separated between the rheumatology participants and those with chronic pain. Within the rheumatology sample, test-retest reliability ranged from 0.66 to 0.94 across the domains, with high correlations for the social function, physical function, and pain-specific anxiety domains. Internal consistency was also evaluated by subscale interrelatedness, with coefficients ranging from 0.34 to 0.79 in the rheumatology sample. The second study by Gagnon et al examined the psychometric properties in 110 children and adolescents (aged 8-18 years) in a pain management program. This study also examined subscale interrelatedness, with subscale coefficients ranging from 0.81 to 0.87.