ArticleFrontiers in psychology2012
The Association between Symptoms, Pain Coping Strategies, and Physical Activity Among People with Symptomatic Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis.
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- The avoidance model in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the evidence.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2014Pooled it
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- Association Between Chronic Pain, Coping Strategies, and Sleep Quality in Rural Chinese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Observational
- Understanding the biopsychosocial knee osteoarthritis pain experience: an ecological momentary assessment.Pain reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Osteoarthritis in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- The relationship between experience of knee pain and physical activity participation: A scoping review of quantitative studies.International journal of nursing sciences · 2023Article
- Objectively-assessed physical activity and self-reported activity pacing in adults with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.Clinical rehabilitation · 2021Article
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- Aerobic capacity and fatigability are associated with activity levels in women with hip osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2021Article
- Preoperative risk factors associated with chronic pain profiles following total knee arthroplasty.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2021Article
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- Associations between Activity Pacing, Fatigue, and Physical Activity in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross Sectional Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2020Article
- Within-person pain variability and physical activity in older adults with osteoarthritis from six European countries.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- Understanding knee osteoarthritis from the patients' perspective: a qualitative study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- Functional outcome measures in a surgical model of hip osteoarthritis in dogs.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2016Article
- Quantifying dimensions of physical behavior in chronic pain conditions.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2016Article
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Abstract
Effective use of coping strategies by people with chronic pain conditions is associated with better functioning and adjustment to chronic disease. Although the effects of coping on pain have been well studied, less is known about how specific coping strategies relate to actual physical activity patterns in daily life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how different coping strategies relate to symptoms and physical activity patterns in a sample of adults with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA; N = 44). Physical activity was assessed by wrist-worn accelerometry; coping strategy use was assessed by the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory. We hypothesized that the use of coping strategies that reflect approach behaviors (e.g., Task Persistence), would be associated with higher average levels of physical activity, whereas avoidance coping behaviors (e.g., Resting, Asking for Assistance, Guarding) and Pacing would be associated with lower average levels of physical activity. We also evaluated whether coping strategies moderated the association between momentary symptoms (pain and fatigue) and activity. We hypothesized that higher levels of approach coping would be associated with a weaker association between symptoms and activity compared to lower levels of this type of coping. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze the momentary association between coping and physical activity. We found that higher body mass index, fatigue, and the use of Guarding were significantly related to lower activity levels, whereas Asking for Assistance was significantly related to higher activity levels. Only Resting moderated the association between pain and activity. Guarding, Resting, Task Persistence, and Pacing moderated the association between fatigue and activity. This study provides an initial understanding of how people with OA cope with symptoms as they engage in daily life activities using ecological momentary assessment and objective physical activity measurement.
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