Randomized clinical trial of pain coping skills training for patients who catastrophize about pain prior to knee arthroplasty

Purpose: Pain catastrophizing, a prognostic indicator of poor outcome following knee arthroplasty, is a maladaptive approach to pain coping and is characterized by negative thoughts, rumination, and helplessness in coping with pain. Interventions to address pain catastrophizing, to our knowledge, have not been tested in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to determine whether pain coping skills training in...