Validation of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia for Temporomandibular Disorders (TSK-TMD) in patients with painful TMD

Table 2 Range, mean scores, corrected item-total correlations and factor analysis results for the TSK-TMD

Item	Mean (SD)	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted	Factor loading
Item	Mean (SD)	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted	Factor 1	Factor 2
1. Injure myself	2.87 (0.74)	0.742	0.908	0.828	0.270
2. Get worse	2.63 (0.65)	0.698	0.910	0.726	0.314
3. Something is seriously wrong	2.34 (0.98)	0.779	0.908	0.389	0.809
4. Not take my jaw symptoms seriously	1.98 (0.59)	0.749	0.909	0.440	0.686
5. Put my health at risk	2.71 (0.76)	0.423	0.918	-0.147	0.931
6. Have injured my jaw	2.23 (0.59)	0.778	0.908	0.285	0.890
7. Not to move my jaw	2.59 (0.68)	0.845	0.904	0.868	0.365
8. Something potentially harmful going on	1.99 (0.64)	0.674	0.911	0.358	0.693
9. Know when to stop moving jaw	2.63 (0.66)	0.828	0.905	0.850	0.362
10. Cannot do everything	2.19 (0.65)	0.382	0.918	0.804	-0.194
11. No one should have to move jaw	2.31 (0.49)	0.574	0.916	0.656	0.235
12. Afraid to open mouth	2.62 (0.66)	0.633	0.913	0.558	0.398

The bold values refer to the factor loadings of items. Factor loadings >0.40 were considered significant in the present study

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