Table 3.

Participant details (n = 12)

Pseudonym	Age	Gender	Geographic location#	Level of education	Employment status	Knee pain (NRS)	Physical function (WOMAC)	Pain catastrophizing (PCS)
Bob	68	Male	Regional	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Retired (not due to health reasons)	7	31	1
Sandra	67	Female	Regional	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Retired (not due to health reasons)	5	35	13
Andrew	56	Male	Metropolitan	Three years or more of high school	Work full-time	6	25	8
Alice	62	Female	Metropolitan	Some tertiary training	Work part-time	6	26	5
Jane	69	Female	Regional	Three years or more of high school	Retired (not due to health reasons)	5	36	0
Olivia	65	Female	Metropolitan	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Work part-time	8	45	9
Caroline	57	Female	Metropolitan	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Work part-time	7	44	8
Melanie	58	Female	Metropolitan	Any postgraduate study	Retired (not due to health reasons)	7	32	8
Simon	65	Male	Regional	Some tertiary training	Permanently unable to work due to health	8	34	13
John	55	Male	Metropolitan	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Unemployed	5	35	10
Adam	52	Male	Regional	Graduated from university/polytechnic	Work full-time	3	23	4
Lauren	58	Female	Metropolitan	Some tertiary training	Work part-time	5	32	0
Mean (SD)	61 (6)					6 (2)	33 (7)	7 (5)

^#Defined according to The Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Structure (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/home/remoteness+structure)

NRS: numeric rating scale; ranges from 0 to 10 where lower scores indicate less pain

WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index – physical function sub-scale; ranges from 0 to 68, where lower scores indicate better function

PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale; ranges from 0 to 52, higher scores indicate greater catastrophizing