The two subscales, fear-avoidance beliefs for work (FABQwork) and fear-avoidance beliefs for physical activity (FABQphysical), are scored on a 7-point Likert scale (0-6) ranging from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree', where higher sum scores indicate stronger fear-avoidance beliefs [ 60].
The FABQ consists of two subscales; fear-avoidance beliefs for physical activity and fear-avoidance beliefs for work.
The mean treatment effect for fear-avoidance beliefs for physical activity was –3.5; 95% CI –5.8 to –1.1 in the intention-to-treat analysis and –2.8; 95% CI –5.3 to –0.4 in the as-treated last analysis, and –4.3; 95% CI –8.3 to –0.2 and –4.8; 95% CI –8.9 to –0.7 for fear-avoidance beliefs for work, respectively.
FABQpa: Fear avoidance beliefs score for physical activity; FABQw: Fear avoidance beliefs score for work: GHQ12 The 12-item General Health Questionnaire.
Where I work it is sometimes possible to go to several seminars a day, and it could easily be misinterpreted as excellent opportunities for work avoidance or quick naps.
22 For psychological variables we included emotional distress (Hopkins symptom check list (HSCL-25), scores range from 1 to 4, with lower scores indicating less severe symptoms) and the fear avoidance belief questionnaire (FABQ) for work and physical activity (scores range from 0 to 42 (work) and from 0 to 24 (physical), with lower scores indicating less severe symptoms).
On the day the House of Commons' public accounts committee branded the US coffee chain's tax avoidance practices "immoral", baristas arriving for work were told to sign revised employment terms, which include the removal of paid 30-minute lunch breaks and paid sick leave for the first day of illness.
We chose ≥34 as cut-off for an elevated fear avoidance belief for the FABQ subscale for work (FABQW) [ 43] and ≥15 for the FABQ subscale for physical activity (FABQPA) [ 44].> We calculated means and standard deviations (SD) for continuous variables, and frequencies and proportions for categorical variables.
Although this technique of avoidance can work well for a while, it is only a temporary solution.
Subscales for work (scored 0-42) and physical activity (scored 0-24) were derived, with higher scores indicating greater fear avoidance attitudes.
