Pain coping skills training for African Americans with osteoarthritis (STAART): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African Americans bear a disproportionate burden of osteoarthritis (OA), with higher prevalence rates, more severe pain, and more functional limitations. One key barrier to addressing these disparities has been limited engagement of African Americans in the development and evaluation of behavioral interventions for management of OA. Pain Coping Skills Training (CST) is a cognitive-behavioral intervention with shown efficacy to improve OA-related pain and other outcomes. Emerging data indicate pain CST may be a promising intervention for reducing racial disparities in OA symptom severity. However, there are important gaps in this research, including incorporation of stakeholder perspectives (e.g. cultural appropriateness, strategies for implementation into clinical practi

SUBMITTER: Schrubbe LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994196 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature