Table 3 Spearman’s correlations between the single-item fear avoidance measure and all items of FAB-TBI, at Baseline and Posttreatment
FAB-TBI Item | Factor* | Correlation (ρ) at baseline | Correlation (ρ) posttreatment |
|---|---|---|---|
1. I have put parts of my life on hold. | Activity avoidance | 0.46 | 0.51 |
2. I have avoided my usual activities. | Activity avoidance | 0.57 | 0.54 |
3. I cannot do activities which (might) make my symptoms worse. | Activity avoidance | 0.64 | 0.67 |
4. My work might harm my brain. | Activity avoidance/ cogniphobia | 0.47 | 0.27 |
5. I should not do my normal work with my present symptoms. | Activity avoidance | 0.42 | 0.49 |
6. My head pain is telling me that I have something dangerously wrong. | Cogniphobia | 0.35 | 0.31 |
7. I worry that when I have to think or concentrate too hard that I will bring on a headache. | Cogniphobia | 0.28 | 0.37 |
8. My headaches put my head and brain at risk for the rest of my life. | Cogniphobia | 0.37 | 0.23 |
9. I purposely avoid doing activities that might elicit a headache. | Cogniphobia | 0.59 | 0.59 |
10. I’m afraid that I might make my headache pain worse by concentrating too much or being too mentally active. | Cogniphobia | 0.39 | 0.48 |
11. I wouldn’t have this much pain if there weren’t something potentially dangerous going on in my head. | Cogniphobia | 0.41 | 0.37 |
12. I avoid external reminders of a stressful experience (for example, people, places, conversations, activities, objects, or situations). | Failed to load onto any factor | 0.46 | 0.40 |
13. I stop what I am doing when my symptoms start to get worse. | Symptom avoidance | 0.45 | 0.41 |
14. If I know that something will make my symptoms worse I don’t do it anymore. | Symptom avoidance | 0.62 | 0.61 |
15. Because of my symptoms most days I spend more time resting than doing activities. | Activity avoidance | 0.52 | 0.53 |
16. Most days my symptoms keep me from doing much at all. | Activity avoidance | 0.59 | 0.37 |