ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2021
Profile of Mood States Factor Structure Does Not Accurately Account for Patients with Chronic Pain.
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- Best practice exercise for emerging depression in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Mood states and well-being of spouses of fibromyalgia patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
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- Cross-cultural validation of the profile of mood scale: evaluation of the psychometric properties of short screening versions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A tripartite biopsychosocial intervention program enhances mental health and quality of life in elderly patients with depression secondary to geriatric diseases.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The structural validity and latent profile characteristics of the Abbreviated Profile of Mood States among Chinese athletes.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe need for measuring emotional functioning in patients with chronic pain was recognized decades ago. The Initiative on Methods, Measures, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) proposed the Profile of Mood States for this purpose. However, to date, its factor structure has not been confirmed in these patients.
methodsWe set out to use confirmatory factor analysis to test the theoretical structure of seven factors: Tension-Anxiety, Depression-Dejection, Anger-Hostility, Vigor-Activity, Fatigue-Inertia, Confusion-Bewilderment, and Friendliness.
participantsThe sample consisted of 588 Spanish adult patients with chronic pain.
resultsThe original structure could not be verified according to the obtained fit indices (e.g., root-mean-square error of approximation = 0.11). For this reason, we carried out a second study that relied on exploratory factor analysis to evaluate the structure in half of the cases and confirmatory factor analysis to validate it in the other half. The factor structure detected in the exploratory factor analysis was not satisfactory, nor could it be validated with confirmatory factor analysis (e.g., normed fit index between 0.54 and 0.56).
conclusionsThe factor structure of the Profile of Mood States could not be satisfactorily confirmed. Consequently, other mood measures and shorter, optimized versions of the POMS are discussed as possible alternatives.
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