Fear of Pain Across the Adult Life Span.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain continues to be an important public health concern, especially given the opioid crisis in industrialized countries. It is important to understand the association between emotions such as fear and anxiety and the experience of pain as both a physiological and affective experience. Fear or anxiety about pain is in fact a well-known predictor of and close associate of pain. Nociception and pain history differ depending on age, yet little empirical evidence exists on how fear of pain varies over the life span. The purpose of this study was to provide a cross-sectional examination of the relations between age and fear of pain across the adult life span.

Methods

Using cross-sectional data from 4,122 participants who completed the Fear of Pain Questionnaire-9, struc

SUBMITTER: Wright CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971466 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature