Table 1.

PVAQ-C item factor loadings obtained by exploratory factor analysis (14 items; forced one-factor structure)

Items	Factor Loadings
I pay close attention to pain	.819
I am quick to notice when pain goes up or down	.782
I am aware of quick changes in pain	.750
I am more aware of pain than other people	.736
I am quick to notice if pain moves to another place on my body	.701
I keep track of my pain level	.689
I know right away when pain starts or gets worse	.676
I know right away when pain levels go down	.656
When I do something that makes pain worse, the first thing I do is check to see how much worse it got	.643
I notice pain even if I am busy with another activity	.639
I become distracted by pain	.628
I focus on feelings of pain	.617
I am quick to notice effects of medicines on pain	.542
I am very sensitive to pain	.536

Removed items = ‘I find it easy to ignore pain’ and ‘I do not focus on pain for very long’ (both reverse-scored).