Because self-efficacy represents a situation-specific construct and not a general or
personality construct, confidence in performing one type of activity can differ significantly
from confidence in performing other actions, all of which can contribute to a common outcome.
Optimally, self-efficacy measures are tailored to assess individuals' confidence in
exhibiting key behaviors related to recovery or alleviation from their own health condition
or condition. Therefore, self-efficacy scales involve measuring an individual's confidence in
each unique behavior or set of behaviors. Self-efficacy also explained more discomfort than
pain intensity in patients with chronic pain. In addition, with appropriate insight and
assessment, self-efficacy can perhaps be developed more effectively or appropriately than
other non-modifiable (e.g. demographics) or less easily modifiable factors, such as fear
beliefs and catastrophic thinking. Although several instruments have been developed to assess
self-efficacy in low back pain, they do not address relevant functional and self-regulatory
behaviors in the post-intervention clinical population. Therefore, the Low Back Activity
Confidence Scale (LoBACS) was created to assess various forms of self-efficacy potentially
related to low back pain. LoBACS is general, non-work-specific, but self-efficacy for
backward functional activities such as standing, carrying, and pushing, self-regulation or
self-control to manage one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to perform or avoid activities
that may contribute to back health. and self-efficacy to do regular exercise, a core activity
in a range of therapeutic interventions for low back pain. There is no Turkish version and
validity study of LoBACS. This study is aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the
Turkish version of LoBACS. The study of validity and reliability is planned with 104
individuals with low back pain. The sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals will
be questioned by the investigators and then the patients will be evaluated with LoBACS,
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS),
Waddell Disability Index (WDI), Modified Oswestry Disability Index (MODI), Roland-Morris
Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), Short Form-36 (SF-36), Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire
(FABQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The test-retest will be re-administered by
face-to-face interview technique after 1 week. The results will be analyzed using the SPSS
version 22.0 computer package program.
