The association between pain catastrophizing, physical function and pain in a cohort of patients undergoing knee arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain catastrophizing contributes to acute and long-term pain after knee arthroplasty (KA), but the association between pain catastrophizing and physical function is not clear. We examined the association between preoperative pain catastrophizing and physical function one year after surgery, as well as differences in physical function, pain and general health in two groups of patients with high and low preoperative pain catastrophizing score.

Methods

We included 615 patients scheduled for KA between March 2011 and December 2013. Patients completed The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) prior to surgery. The Oxford Knee Score (OKS), Short Form-36 (SF-36) and the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) were completed prior to surgery, and 4 and 12 months after the surgery.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Birch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature