Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire

Coping Strategies Questionnaire: Translation, Cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity in Turkish-Speaking Subjects With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a major health problem in 35% of the general population in most developed countries. In addition to interventional therapies, the cognitive and behavioral abilities of the patient, are important for the solution of chronic pain. All of these abilities of patients are called coping strategies of pain.

The Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) is commonly used to measure methods of coping with various forms of chronic pain, including musculoskeletal pain. CSQ aims to evaluate the frequency and success of coping strategies with cognitive and behavioral pain. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire was tested and satisfactory results were obtained and it became a widely used tool in pain studies. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the original English version of the CSQ into Turkish version and to assess the validity and reliability of this instrument in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being eighteen years old or older,
• being diagnosed with chronic musculoskeletal pain (at least 6 months),
• Being a native Turkish speaker and being able to read Turkish,
• Receiving no treatment between test-retest assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to complete the form due to significant psychiatric or psychological disorder,
• having a neurological disease,
• Pregnant women.