Racial-ethnic Disparities in Pain Intensity and Interference Among Middle-aged and Older U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to better understand differing pain experiences across U.S. racial/ethnic subgroups by estimating racial-ethnic disparities in both pain intensity and domain-specific pain-related interference. To address this issue, we use a nationally representative sample of non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic adults ages 50+ who report recently experiencing pain.

Methods

Using data from the 2010 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; N = 684), we conducted a series of multivariate analyses to assess possible racial/ethnic disparities in pain intensity and 7 domains of pain interference, controlling for relevant sociodemographic variables and other health problems.

Results

Black and Hispanic participants reported higher pain intens

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8824568 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature