@article{article_1536685, title={The Role of Pain Catastrophizing in The Pain and Functions of Young and Older Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis}, journal={Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={16}, pages={220–228}, year={2025}, DOI={10.22312/sdusbed.1536685}, author={İnce Parpucu, Tuba and Karapınar, Merve and Başkurt, Zeliha and Başkurt, Ferdi}, keywords={Knee Osteoarthritis, Pain Catastrophizing, Mobility, Pain, Elderly}, abstract={symptoms, and methods of coping with pain in young and older adults with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-eight patients with KOA between the ages of 45-55 or 65-75 were included in our cross-sectional study. The sociodemographic data, WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index), Time Up and Go Test (TUG), pain intensity during activity and rest, pain catastrophizing levels, and pain coping scores of young and older participants with KOA were recorded. Results: The mean age of young patients with KOA was 51.275.07 and older patients was 67.254.18 years. Older participants with KOA had longer pain durations, higher WOMAC scores, and longer TUG durations (p <0.005). There was a correlation between the pain catastrophizing scores of young patients with KOA and pain intensity during activity (r; 0.374), WOMAC scores (r; 0.617), and passive coping methods (r; 0.450) (p <0.001). A correlation was identified between the pain catastrophizing scores of older patients with KOA and pain intensity at rest (r; 0.427), pain intensity during activity (r; 0.530), pain duration (r; 0.312), WOMAC scores (r; 0.693), and active and passive coping methods (r; 0.429, r; 0.299, respectively) (p <0.001). Conclusion: Older patients with KOA catastrophize painful stimuli more than young patients with KOA. This affects patients’ pain intensity, methods of coping with pain, and KOA-related symptoms more. Accordingly, in the clinical follow-up of patients with KOA and determining rehabilitation approaches, it is necessary to consider that as age increases, patients are more affected by painful stimuli, and this affects patients’ symptoms more.}, number={2}, publisher={Süleyman Demirel University}