Differential Effect of Patient Weight on Pain-Related Judgements About Male and Female Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

Approximately 100 million American adults experience chronic pain.35 Individuals' weight and gender place them at differential risk for chronic pain. Women report more pain than men20 and are more likely to develop pain conditions including fibromyalgia, migraine, or chronic tension-type headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, temporomandibular pain, and interstitial cystitis.2,20,43 In laboratory studies, women consistently show lower pain thresholds and tolerance than men.2 These findings are notable because of evidence from clinical settings that, compared with men, women are morelikely to have their pain undertreated, discounted, or misattributed to psychological causes.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Tags: Original Report Source Type: research