Authors
Lian Qiu, Yulu Yan, Guorui Li, Lin Cui, Xinyu Wang, Yingchun Wu, Xiang Yang
Published in
Frontiers in public health. Volume 14. Pages 1865529. Epub Sep 07, 2026.
Abstract
To understand the current status and associated factors of pain catastrophizing in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Using the method of convenient sampling, 341 patients with knee osteoarthritis were recruited from 4 tertiary hospitals in Sichuan Province. From August 2023 to October 2024, data such as social demographic characteristics, Oxford Knee Score, and social support were collected through paper questionnaires.
The results of this study showed that the pain catastrophizing score of patients with knee osteoarthritis was (33.70 ± 10.30). The intensity of pain during activity, Oxford knee score, anxiety, and social support (p < 0.05) jointly explained 44.1% of the variance in pain catastrophizing.
Patients with knee osteoarthritis have a high degree of pain catastrophizing. Clinical personnel should implement interventions in aspects such as social support for these patients to reduce the level of pain catastrophizing, optimize the pain trajectory, promote the rehabilitation process, and improve the quality of life.
PMID:
42769154
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 22 Sep 2026.
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