Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate Outcome of a Pain Coping Skills Psychological Intervention in Relieving Pain and Psychological Distress in Sinhala-conversant Patients with Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis

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•i.Age 50 or more than 50 years
•ii.Consultant rheumatologist-confirmed diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
•iii.Knee pain for three months or more
•iv.Overall average knee pain in the last week 40 or more on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale
•v.Participants who are conversant in Sinhala and confirm their ability to read, write, and understand
•the Sinhala language in order to complete the study measures and understand the content and
•material delivered through the developed PCSGI sessions, which will be conducted in Sinhala.
•vi.Access to a telephone or mobile phone to send reminders regarding session attendance and follow-
•up assessment
•vii.Participants who are able to read and write, understand and follow the given instructions (e.g.,
•junior secondary education in Sri Lanka - grade 9 or lower in local and international education

•i.Knee surgery including arthroscopy within the past 6 months
•ii.Awaiting or planning any back or lower limb surgery within the next 12 months
•iii.Current or past (within 3 months) oral or intra-articular corticosteroid use
•iv.Systemic arthritis conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis
•v.Participation in a psychologically based training program for pain-coping abilities within the
•previous two years
•vi.Identified mild cognitive impairment using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Sinhala version test
•score of less than 26
•vii.Have received a confirmed diagnosis of a mental illness and any underlying neurological issues from
•a consultant psychiatrist or a neurologist
•viii.Patients with cancer pain
•ix.Utilizing alternative therapy modalities such as Ayurveda medicine, native medicine, homoeopathic
•medication, acupuncture treatment, or exercises designed specifically for the knee over the past six
•months and currently.

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