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Background:  Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent rheumatic disorders in the Asia‐Pacific region. Identification of modifiable risk factors is important for development of strategies for primary and secondary prevention of knee OA.

Objective:  Developing a core questionnaire for identification of risk factors of knee OA at the community level.

Methods:  Steps performed: (1) item generation from literature, existing knee OA questionnaires and patient focus group discussions; (2) development of a preliminary APLAR‐COPCORD English questionnaire; (3) translation into target language, back translation and development of a pre‐final target language version; (4) adaptation of the pre‐final target language version through tests of comprehensibility, content validity, test–retest reliability; and (5) finalization of the English questionnaire. Investigators in Bangladesh, Iran, China, Philippines and Indonesia …