Life-Style Medicine for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Older People

Inclusion Criteria

• •chronic musculoskeletal pain, defined as pain that lasted for more than 3 months persistently or intermittently, including regional pain (joints, limbs, back, and/or neck)
• •a degenerative joint condition, such as osteoarthritis, and/or musculoskeletal complaints that fall under the classification of the International Classification of Disease-11 as "chronic primary musculoskeletal pain" or "chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain"
• •Pain intensity score ≥ 4 on a numerical rating scale of 10
• •stable baseline physical activity
• •ability to understand written and verbal Chinese