Pain Coping Skills Training for African Americans With Osteoarthritis

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Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis

In brief

This study will examine the effectiveness of an 11-session, culturally enhanced, telephone-based pain coping skills training program among African Americans with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA). The study team will enroll n=248 African Americans with hip or knee OA. The participants will be randomized into two groups. One group will take part in an 11-week pain CST intervention. The other group will be a "wait list" that receives the pain CST program after completing all follow-up study measures. All study participants will be able to continue any other usual medical care for their OA during the study period. The pain CST intervention includes 11 individual sessions with a study counselor, delivered via telephone to enhance access and reach. The sessions include the following: general information about why pain coping skills training is important, training in specific pain coping skills (such as progressive muscle relaxation, communication, imagery, and activity pacing), and guided practice with each skill. The CST program will also include information about other behaviors important for OA, such as physical activity and weight management. The main study outcome will be the pain subscale of the Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Other outcomes will include the WOMAC function subscale, Coping Strategies Questionnaire, Arthritis Self Efficacy Scale, depressive symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Patient Global Impression of Change.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02560922
Run by: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
People needed: 248
Starts: 2016-04-01
Expected to finish: 2018-05-02
Last updated by the study team: 2019-04-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

African American (based on self-reported race)
Diagnosis of hip or knee osteoarthritis; current joint symptoms

You may not qualify if…

Diagnosis of gout (in knee or hip), rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, other systemic rheumatic disease
Dementia or other memory loss condition
Active diagnosis of psychosis, serious personality disorder, or current uncontrolled substance abuse
Total hip / knee replacement surgery, other knee / hip surgery, anterior cruciate ligament tear, or other significant hip / knee injury in the past 6 months
Severely impaired hearing or speech (patients must be able to participate in video-conference sessions)
Unable to speak English
Participating in another OA intervention or CST study
Unwilling to be randomized either study arm
Lower extremity paralysis

Where it is running

UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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