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Additionally, to assess progress toward the Healthy People 2030 goal of reducing the percentage of US adults with arthritis reporting moderate to severe joint pain to 52.4%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This cross\u2010sectional study used National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data to estimate the unadjusted and age\u2010standardized prevalence of moderate to severe joint pain. Differences by sociodemographic and health characteristics and survey year (2019 and 2023) were assessed using\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010tests. Data were weighted to account for the NHIS survey methodology.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      An estimated 58.5% of US adults with diagnosed arthritis (30.8 million) reported moderate to severe joint pain in 2023 (moderate: 32.4%, 17.1 million; severe: 26.1%, 13.8 million). Some of the largest age\u2010adjusted differences by health status and sociodemographic characteristics were for self\u2010rated health (excellent\/very good [45.6%] compared with good [56.6%] and fair\/poor [72.9%]), disability status (yes [77.1%], no [53.7%]), reporting depressive disorder symptoms (yes [76.1%], no [55.2%]), reporting anxiety disorder symptoms (yes [73.9%], no [54.0%]), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (yes [72.4%], no [56.9%]), and cancer (yes [71.7%], no [58.1%]). There was no change in age\u2010standardized moderate to severe joint pain between 2019 (56.8%) and 2023 (58.2%;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.46).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>More than half of US adults diagnosed with arthritis reported moderate to severe joint pain, with no progress toward the Healthy People 2030 goal from 2019 to 2023. Evidence\u2010based interventions may reduce the prevalence of moderate to severe joint pain among adults with arthritis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/acr.80136","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,11]],"date-time":"2026-08-11T11:21:31Z","timestamp":1786447291000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence of Moderate to Severe Joint Pain Among Adults With Diagnosed Arthritis: United States, 2023"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9083-6682","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elizabeth A.","family":"Fallon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Atlanta Georgia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3792-4621","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel K.","family":"White","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy University of Delaware  Newark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fu","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chenega Services &amp; Federal Solutions, LLC  Chesapeake Virginia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael A.","family":"Boring","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Atlanta Georgia"},{"name":"Chenega Services &amp; Federal Solutions, LLC  Chesapeake Virginia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tyler","family":"Lites","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Atlanta Georgia"},{"name":"Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education  Oak Ridge Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anika","family":"Foster","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Atlanta Georgia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kamil E.","family":"Barbour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institutes of Health  Bethesda Maryland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erica L.","family":"Odom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Atlanta Georgia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm7241a1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6539a2"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6609e1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/JPR.S310368"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/PHM.0000000000000448"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6817a2"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5888\/pcd19.210346"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/acr.25316"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_1","unstructured":"Healthy People2030.Reduce the proportion of adults with arthritis who have moderate or severe joint pain \u2014 A\u201001. 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