Table 1 Commonly held patient beliefs about knee OA pain
From: A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis: development and pilot study
Pain-related belief | |
|---|---|
1 | My knee OA pain is the inevitable result of wear and tear on the joint and is part of getting old |
2 | Certain activities (e.g. going downstairs) cause high levels of pain and so I need to avoid them wherever possible |
3 | Knee OA is a chronic condition and so the pain is something I am always going to have to live with and may get worse in the future |