Arthritis pain may be best understood in the context of a biospychosocial model of pain. The
biopsychosocial model of pain suggests that adjustment to arthritis pain is multifaceted and …

Background Back pain, the most common type of pain reported by older adults, is often
undertreated for reasons that are poorly understood, especially in minority populations. The …

Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a common and distressing condition. Prior studies
suggest that psychotropic medication or pain coping skills training (CST) may benefit NCCP …

Background Aging is often associated with the challenge of navigating daily tasks with a
painful chronic medical illness. Yet, there is concern of the number of older adults impacted …

We highlight several critical challenges that must be addressed to accelerate the
advancement of the science on recruitment and retention of ethnically diverse older adults …

Objective: This study examined the role of stress in the association among physical activity,
obesity, and depression among women. The extent to which physical activity moderated …

Objective To examine black‐white and Hispanic‐white differences in total knee arthroplasty
from 2001 to 2013 in a large cohort of patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) in the …

Health Services Research & Development Service's (HSR&D) Evidence-based Synthesis
Program (ESP) was established to provide timely and accurate syntheses of targeted …

Methods Participants were African Americans (N= 117) with self-reported arthritis who chose
to participate in either a self-directed (n= 68) or group (n= 49) 6-week WWE program …

The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of message framing (eg,
highlighting health disparities vs. progress toward reducing disparities) on willingness to …