The FABQ (when “back” is replaced with “shoulder” in the measure) is an adequate predictor of how fear avoidance behaviors contribute to shoulder pain and disability.Subgrouping based on multiple fear avoidance model measures may provide additional information on clinical outcomes in comparison with using the FABQ-PA alone.(Beneciuk et al, 2012, Acute or Sub-acute Low Back Pain) Patients with Acute or Sub-Acute Low Back Pain: The use of FABQ as a screening tool for patients with non-work-related LBP was not supported.FABQ-PA nor FABQ-W were predictive of outcome for patients with private insurance.FABQ-W might be appropriate to screen to identify patients with work-related LBP who are at risk for poor outcome with routine physical therapy.FABQ-PA responsiveness to clinically meaningful changes has not been validated.FABQ-PA also consistently explained additional variance in pain intensity (18%) and disability (27%) after controlling for sex, age, and employment status.Fear-avoidance beliefs about work was also loaded, so administer the FABQ-W if there are work concerns.Utilize FABQ-PA and PCS for LBP patients because both of these were loaded on separate factors in the factor analysis.

Do not give both the FABQ-PA and the TSK-11 due to the overlap in expected measures.FABQ-PA was significant and unique predictor of trunk extension/flexion peak torque.Pain-related fear measure turned out to be a better predictor of disability than pain intensity and the measure of general negative affect.

(Crombez et al, 1999, patients with chronic low back pain)

Therapists should not rely solely on their own judgments to identify self-reported fear-avoidance beliefs as it was found that questionnaires perform better.

(Calley et al, 2010, Chronic Low Back Pain)

FABQ is not a good indicator of mental health for pelvic girdle patients, and it has questionable validity when assessing patients with pelvic girdle pain.

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