ArticleThe journal of pain2022
Confronting Racism in All Forms of Pain Research: Reframing Study Designs.
Article in The journal of pain, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.
- Trends in Patient Representation in Low Back Pain Pharmacological Randomized Clinical Trials, 2011 to 2020: A Systematic Review.The journal of pain · 2024Pooled it
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- Structural and individualized racism drives racial disparities in chronic low back pain: A cross-sectional serial mediation analysis.The journal of pain · 2026Article
- Weekend Warrior and Other Leisure-Time Physical Activity Patterns in Relation to Positive Self-Rated Health: Racial Differences Among Brazilian University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Differences in the use of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments among patients with chronic low back pain between 2017 and 2021: A cross-sectional study of commercial claims.The journal of pain · 2026Article
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- Editorial: More than just skin-deep: considering ethnic, racial, and healthcare disparity-based factors in pain experience, treatment, and guidelines.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Chronic pain lived experience of pediatric sickle cell disease: A qualitative study.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Black Youth and Caregiver Experiences of Racism in Pain Management: A Narrative Inquiry.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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- Pain disparities among Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic low back pain: The differential role of psychological distress.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Mapping the Intersecting Contexts of Migration and Pediatric Pain over the Last Decade: A Rapid Scoping Review Protocol.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing and Managing Pain in Dementias: Insights From Interdisciplinary Text Message Communications.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2025Article
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- Social and Societal Factors Interact with Psychological Factors to Shape Pain Outcomes in a Community Sample with Chronic Pain: A Network Study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Anesthesiology and critical care medicine as "text": the power of qualitative research in a world of physiology, pharmacology, and fibrillation.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
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Abstract
This second paper in a 3-part series on antiracism in pain research across the translational spectrum focuses on study design factors. Although objectivity is a cornerstone value of science, subjectivity is embedded in every step of the research process as investigators make choices about who they collaborate with, which research questions they ask, how they recruit participants, which research tools they use, and how they analyze and interpret data. We present theory and evidence from disciplines such as sociology, medical anthropology, statistics, and public health to discuss 4 common study design factors, including 1) the dominant biomedical narrative of pain that restricts funding and exploration of social indicators of pain, 2) low diversity and inclusion in pain research enrollment that restricts generalizability to racialized groups, 3) the use of "race" or "ethnicity" as a statistical variable and proxy for lived experiences (eg, racism, resilience), and 4) limited modeling in preclinical research for the impact of social factors on pain physiology. The information presented in this article is intended to start conversations across stakeholders in the pain field to explore how we can come together to adopt antiracism practices in our work at large to achieve equity for racialized groups. PERSPECTIVE: This is the second paper in a 3-part series on antiracism in pain research. This part identifies common study design factors that risk hindering progress toward pain care equity. We suggest reframes using an antiracism framework for these factors to encourage all pain investigators to collectively make strides toward equity.
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