Assessing sickness behavior in the French: Validation of the French translation of the sickness questionnaire (SicknessQ) in a non-clinical French population

Anna Andreasson, Arnaud Tognetti (), Mike Jones, Mats Lekander and Julie Lasselin
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Anna Andreasson: Stockholm University, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Macquarie University
Arnaud Tognetti: CEE-M - Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]
Mike Jones: Macquarie University
Mats Lekander: Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Stockholm University
Julie Lasselin: Stockholm University, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]

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Abstract: The Sickness Questionnaire (SicknessQ) is a questionnaire developed to assess symptoms of sickness behavior, including somatic, behavioral, and affective dimensions. To promote cross-cultural assessments of sickness behavior, we aim to expand the use of this questionnaire to other populations and languages. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the French translation of SicknessQ in a French-speaking general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and thirty-nine individuals completed the SicknessQ online, along with the construct criteria measures of self-rated health, state anxiety (STAI-S), and depressive symptoms (PHQ-9). The principal component analyses revealed two components: the first component included seven items concerning mood, motivation and experiences of fatigue and pain; the second component included three items concerning somatic sickness symptoms. Higher scores on the total scale and the two component subscales were associated with poorer self-rated health and higher STAI-S and PHQ-9 scores. Since the associations with construct criteria variables were relatively similar between the single- and the two-dimensional solutions, both the total scale and the subscales of the two components of the French SicknessQ can be used in future studies to measure sickness behavior in French-speaking populations.

Keywords: Sickness behavior; Questionnaire; French; Fatigue; Pain; Mood; Sickness behavior Questionnaire French Fatigue Pain Mood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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Published in Brain, Behavior & Immunity - Health, 2023, 34, pp.100708. ⟨10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100708⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100708

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