Research Article

Pain Behaviour Scale (PaBS): An Exploratory Study of Reliability and Construct Validity in a Chronic Low Back Pain Population

Table 3

Results of interrater and intrarater reliability for the severity of pain behaviour and test-retest reliability of component physical performance tests.

TestInterrater reliability for PaBSIntrarater reliability for PaBSTest-retest of component physical performance tests
ICC (95% CI)ICC (95% CI)ICC (95% CI)

Total score1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)NA
Trunk flexion (s)0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)0.9 (0.7 to 0.9)0.7 (0.4 to 0.9)
Sit to stand (s)1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)0.8 (0.5 to 0.9)0.6 (0.3 to 0.8)
Timed up and go (s)0.9 (0.9 to 1.0)0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)0.8 (0.6 to 0.9)
Loaded reach (cm)0.8 (0.5 to 0.9)0.4 (0.3 to 0.7)0.8 (0.6 to 0.9)
50-foot walk (s)0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)0.8 (0.6 to 0.9)1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)

All ICC values were significant at .