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