Research Article

Dutch Translation and Validation of the Headache-Specific Locus of Control Scale (HSLC-DV)

Table 4

Known groups and hypotheses ().

ExternalInternalChance

(1)Migraine ()24.98 (7.20)32.88 (9.78)33.68 (6.68)
Tension type + cervicogenic headache ()23.61 (6.65)36.24 (8.87)33.93 (7.25)

(2)Education, low ()25.47 (6.87)34.65 (9.52)34.36 (6.90)
Education, high ()22.82 (6.67)35.13 (9.26)33.29 (7.12)

(3)Male ()23.97 (6.27)37.70 (7.04)32.34 (8.05)
Female ()24.22 (7.09)33.99 (9.84)34.30 (6.61)

(4)No sport ()23.30 (5.65)38.71 (9.74)32.68 (5.92)
Moderate activity + 2x wk sports ()24.53 (7.34)33.26 (8.75)34.32 (7.39)
0.47

(5)No treatment ()22.99 (6.15)35.39 (9.97)33.54 (6.44)
Treatment ()25.99 (7.59)34.11 (8.36)34.27 (7.85)

(6)0–8 headache days per month ()23.73 (6.01)35.76 (8.34)31.22 (6.35)
9–31 headache days per month ()24.60 (7.69)34.00 (10.29)36.50 (6.65)

(7)0–3 days per headache period ()24.14 (6.1)34.84 (8.89)32.54 (6.46)
4–31 days per headache period ()24.20 (8.30)36.75 (9.05)36.40 (7.40)

values for construct validity hypotheses are given in bold. HSLC = Headache-Specific Locus of Control Scale. Scores are mean (SD). Score differences are tested using the Mann–Whitney U test. .