No effect of cognitive behavioral patient education for patients with pain catastrophizing before total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - Pain catastrophizing contributes to acute and long-term pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) but currently there are only limited treatment options. This study investigates the effectiveness of patient education in pain coping among patients with moderate to high pain catastrophizing score before TKA. Secondary outcomes were physical function, quality of life, self-efficacy, and pain catastrophizing.Patients and methods - The study was a parallel-group randomized controlled trial including patients with moderate to high levels of pain catastrophizing. 60 patients were recruited from December 2015 to June 2018. The mean age of the patients was 66 (47-82) years and 40 were women. The patients were randomized to either cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) based pain

SUBMITTER: Birch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature