Discrepancy between radiographic damage and functional disability in elderly people with osteoarthritis: the role of pain coping strategies.
The aim of this study is twofold. First, to assess the level of agreement between radiographic damage and functional disability in older people with osteoarthritis. And second, to assess the role of coping skills and sensory pain parameters as sources of disagreement between these variables. To achieve this objective we assess, in a sample of 104 older people with osteoarthritis, the following variables: functional capacity, radiographic damage, pain coping strategies, pain intensity, pain frequency and pain duration. The results show a non-linear relationship between radiographic damage and functional disability, modified by the levels of the two variables. There was maximum agreement between low levels of radiographic damage and of functional impairment, whilst agreement decreased for moderate and high levels of radiographic damage. Certain coping strategies may help to explain this disparity.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Maria
M
Izal
Almudena
A
López-López
Ignacio
I
Montorio
José Luis
JL
González
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055809:Illness Behavior; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000523:psychology; D011859:Radiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results