multidisciplinary lifestyle behavioral management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled study from iran.

background: this study aimed to assess lifestyle behavioral management in patients with knee osteoarthritis among iranian patients up to 6 months. settings and design.   methods and material: in this educational controlled trial study, 130 eligible participants took part in control group (n = 66) and received just prescribed medications, or intervention group (n=64) who received the lifestyle behavioral management plus medication. the program invol­ved three two-hour and two one – hour group sessions over a one- week period. data based on demographic characteristics and risky behaviors questionnaire as well as functional knee assess­ment test (fkat) were collected at initial, 3-, and 6 - month follow ups and analyzed by using spss 18.   results: of 130 participants, five individuals from intervention and eight individuals from control group were excluded over 6 months. totally, 117 eligible participants in two groups of intervention (n=59), and control (n=58) completed the study. the mean age of participants in intervention and control group at base line was 59.03±6.13 and 57.85±9.31 years respectively. despite being the same at initial time (p>0.05), repeated measure anova test showed significantly better improved disability in intervention group over time (p