Kinesophobia in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a latent profile analysis.

Objective: To explore the status of kinesophobia in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and analyze the influencing factors of different kinesophobia profiles.

Design: Cross-sectional survey study.

Participants: A total of 245 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures who underwent surgical treatment at our Department of Orthopedics between January 2023 and March 2024 were selected.

Main measure: A general data questionnaire and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia were used in the investigation. Latent profile analysis was conducted to categorise kinesophobia in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, while univariate logistic regression was performed to identify the factors influencing the latent profiles of kinesophobia.

Results: The average kinesophobia score of the patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures was 45.38 ± 7.12 points. The patients were divided into three latent profile categories, namely high, medium, and low kinesophobia, with mean probabilities of 0.958, 0.966, and 0.970, respectively. Furthermore, age, gender, pain score, injury cause, and other injuries were significant influencing factors in the kinesophobia groups (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Kinesophobia in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures is heterogeneous and affected by age, gender, pain score, injury cause, and other injuries. Clinical staff should recognise the characteristics of patients in different kinesophobia categories and actively adopt appropriate measures for those in the high kinesophobia group to enhance the alleviation of their fear status and mitigate the occurrence of fear-induced adverse outcomes, such as disability and weakness.