Open Access<p>Everyday Discrimination in Adults with Knee Pain: The Role of Perceived Stress and Pain Catastrophizing</p>
Author(s) -
Ellen L. Terry,
M Dottington Fullwood,
Staja Q. Booker,
Josue Cardoso,
Kimberly T. Sibille,
Toni L. Glover,
K. Thompson,
Adriana Addison,
Burel R. Goodin,
Roland Staud,
Laura B. Hughes,
Laurence A. Bradley,
David T. Redden,
Emily J. Bartley,
Roger B. Fillingim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s235632
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoarthritis , pain catastrophizing , womac , knee pain , physical therapy , coping (psychology) , chronic pain , perceived stress scale , clinical psychology , alternative medicine , stress (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
Research indicates pain-related disparities in the impact of knee osteoarthritis (OA) across both sex and ethnicity/race. While several factors likely contribute to these disparities, experiences of discrimination are associated with poor OA-related pain, disability, and functional performance. However, the mechanisms that mediate experiences of discrimination and OA-related outcomes are unclear. The current cross-sectional study examined the associations between everyday experiences of discrimination and clinical pain, disability and functional performance among non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and non-Hispanic White (NHW) persons with or at risk of knee OA and assessed the serial mediated model of perceived stress and pain catastrophizing on these relationships in women only.