A Mediation Appraisal of Catastrophizing, Pain-Related Outcomes, and Race in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT: The current cross-sectional study investigates whether pain catastrophizing mediates the relationship between ethnicity/race and pain, disability and physical function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Furthermore, this study examined mediation at 2-year follow-up. Participants included 187 community-dwelling adults with unilateral or bilateral knee pain who screened positive for knee osteoarthritis. Participants completed several self-reported pain-related measures and pain catastrophizing subscale at baseline and 2-year follow-up. Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) adults reported greater pain, disability, and poorer functional performance compared to their non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts (Ps < .05). NHB adults also reported greater catastrophizing compared to NHW adults. Mediation an

SUBMITTER: Fullwood D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8915407 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature