The Beat Pain Better Trial

Number of persons enrolling in PA counseling divided by the total number of persons eligible for enrollment

The PEG-3 is a self-report measure that includes 3 items evaluating 1) pain severity; and interference of pain with 2) enjoyment and 3) general activity. Item response options range from 0-10. The PEG-3 score is expressed as the mean of all item scores ranging from 0-10

The PROMIS short form 6b for physical function is a self-report that uses fixed items from the PROMIS physical function item bank to provide a T-score with population mean = 50 (sd=10).

The PROMIS short form 6a for sleep disturbance is a self-report that uses fixed items from the PROMIS sleep disturbance item bank to provide a T-score with population mean = 50 (sd=10).

The PROMIS short form 8a for depression is a self-report that uses fixed items from the PROMIS depression item bank to provide a T-score with population mean = 50 (sd=10).

The Sleep Duration Question asks; "During the past month, how many hours and minutes of actual sleep did you get at night?" Response is recorded in hours and minutes

The Pain Self-Efficacy Scale is a 4-item scale assessing a person's confidence of persons to achieve goals and perform activities even with pain. Each item is scored from 0-6 for an overall score ranging from 0-24.

High impact chronic pain is based on responses to two questions; "In the past 3 months, how often do you have pain?" and "Over the past 3 months, how often did pain limit your life or work activities?" Response options for both questions are (0) Never, (1) Some Days, (2) Most days, (3) Every Day. A score of 2 or 3 on BOTH questions indicates the person has HICP.

The physical activity questionnaire asks respondents about their participation in physical activity and exercise within the past 6 weeks in 6 categories: 1) light physical activity (such as laundry, vacuuming, making beds or dusting); 2) moderate physical activity (such as scrubbing floors, washing windows, gardening or raking leaves); 3) heavy physical activity (such as carrying heavy objects, heavy digging, pushing a mower or hard manual labor); 4) light physical exercise (such as leisurely walking or slow dancing); 5) moderate physical exercise (such as hiking or swimming); and 6) vigorous physical exercise (such as jogging or playing tennis singles). For each category that the respondent indicates participating in, an additional question asks about the frequency at which they carried out these activities: ≤1 time/month, 2-3 times/month, 1-2 times/week, 3-4 times/week, 5-6 times/week, or daily

Participants are asked their overall level of satisfaction with treatment with responses on a likert scale.

Self-reported utilization of surgery, injections, imaging or other discrete interventions for pain associated with arthritis