ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2021
More than Hurt Feelings: The Wear and Tear of Day-to-Day Discrimination in Adults with Chronic Pain.
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- Perceived discrimination and pain outcomes among black adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: identifying modifiable psychosocial risk factors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Can social pain be medicated away? A pilot study on everyday discrimination and its exacerbation of opioid misuse risk in people of color with chronic pain.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Race, Ethnicity, and Belief in a Just World: Implications for Chronic Pain Acceptance Among Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Economic distress, obesity, and the rise in pain.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Exiting the Anthropocene: Achieving personal and planetary health in the 21st century.Allergy · 2022Review
- Confronting Racism in All Forms of Pain Research: Reframing Study Designs.The journal of pain · 2022Article
- A Narrative Review of the Current Research in Cancer-Related Pain Inequities: The Necessity of Applying Intersectionality to Advance Cancer Pain Research.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the extent to which self-reported experiences of discrimination are associated with pain interference among men and women with chronic non-cancer pain.
methodsData are from the Study of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Refresher Cohort. The analytic sample consisted of 207 adults with chronic pain (54.2 ± 12.8 years; 53.6% female) who completed the Major Experiences of Discrimination and Everyday Discrimination scales. Regression analyses examined cross-sectional relations between discrimination and pain interference.
resultsOn average, the level of pain interference was moderate in the sample (mean = 3.46, standard deviation = 2.66; observed range 0-10). Approximately a third of respondents reported at least one major discriminatory event in their lifetime, while 22% reported three or more discriminatory lifetime events. Everyday discrimination scores averaged 14.19 ± 5.46 (observed range 0-33). With adjustment for sociodemographics, physical health, cognitive and psychological factors, social isolation, and loneliness, everyday discrimination was associated with increased pain interference (B = 0.099; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.02 to 0.17).
conclusionThese findings add weight to the importance of day-to-day experiences of interpersonal discrimination by documenting independent associations with functional interference in adults with chronic pain.
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