Validity and Reliability of the Postural Habits and Awareness Scale

Developed by Turkish researchers Bayar and his colleagues, the scale has 19 items and four factors. The factors of the scale are posture habits and awareness, awareness of factors that disrupt posture, positional awareness and ergonomic awareness. Postural habits are examined with seven items and postural awareness is examined with twelve items in the scale. Scoring is 5-point Likert type, the minimum score is one for each proposition; the maximum score is five. The total score is a maximum of 95.

The questionnaire consists of 10 propositions. It is a tool that allows the patient to evaluate themselves in terms of physical function, work status, depression, anxiety, sleep, pain, stiffness, fatigue and feeling good. The questionnaire has a 4-point Likert structure and the scoring varies between 0-3. A high score means that physical disability increases

It is a tool that allows the patient to evaluate their body perception themselves. It consists of 46 items in total. The scale is scored between 1-5, with a high score indicating poor body image.

This questionnaire is designed to determine the normal and/or abnormal sensitivity level of an individual's body composition. This questionnaire consists of four subgroups. These subgroups are; changes in body processes, sleep-wake cycle, prediction at the beginning of the disease, prediction of body reactions. BFA is a 7-point Likert type scale and consists of 18 items in total. Each item is scored between 1-7. The lowest possible score is 18, and the highest score is 126

VAS is a reliable and easily applicable scale that is accepted in the literature and used to measure the pain intensity of patients. The patient is asked to mark the part that represents the pain intensity on a straight line between 0-10 cm. The "0" at the beginning indicates no pain, and the "10" at the end indicates the presence of very severe, unbearable pain

This form; It consists of 8 sub-dimensions and 12 items: physical functioning, physical role, body pain, general health, energy, social functioning, emotional role and mental health. The Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary scores of the scale are calculated separately. The Physical Component Summary -12 score is obtained from the general health, physical functioning, physical role and body pain sub-dimensions. The Mental Component Summary -12 score is scored with the social functioning, emotional role, mental health and energy sub-dimensions. The scores of both sub-dimensions vary between 0-100. A higher score indicates a better quality of life.