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Intrarace Differences Among Black and White Americans Presenting for Chronic Pain Management: The Influence of Age, Physical Health, and Psychosocial Factors
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Tamara A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Carmen Reneéen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T20:26:38Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T20:26:38Z
dc.date.issued2005-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaker, Tamara A.; Green, Carmen ReneÉ (2005). "Intrarace Differences Among Black and White Americans Presenting for Chronic Pain Management: The Influence of Age, Physical Health, and Psychosocial Factors." Pain Medicine 6(1): 29-38. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73557>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1526-2375en_US
dc.identifier.issn1526-4637en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73557
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=15669948&dopt=citationen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective.  Emerging comparative literature documents significant racial differences in the chronic pain experience in terms of physical, psychological, and social well-being. However, the intrarace differences of chronic pain among black Americans and white Americans has not been extensively investigated. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the potential within-race-group differential effects and the psychosocial aspects of chronic pain in black and white Americans across age groups. Design.  A retrospective study of patients presenting for chronic pain management. Setting.  A tertiary care multidisciplinary pain center. Patients.  Patients were younger (<50 years) (mean ± SD: 36.7 ± 8.4) and older (≥50 years) (60 ± 9.3) black Americans (N = 525), and younger (36.6 ± 8.1) and older (63 ± 9.8) white Americans (N = 5,298). Outcome Measures.  Participant s were measured on depressive symptoms, social functioning, pain intensity, pain-related disability, and physical comorbidities. Results.  Younger black Americans reported more depressive symptoms, pain intensity, and were less successful at coping with pain when compared to older black Americans. Similar within-group differences were also observed for reports of depressive symptoms, pain intensity, and coping abilities among white Americans. Results further showed that younger white Americans also experienced more symptoms related to post-traumatic distress than older white Americans. Conclusion.  Examining within-race-group variability suggests that chronic pain differentially affects the quality of life and health status of black Americans and white Americans across age groups. This study emphasizes the need for further chronic pain studies examining pain indicators within defined racial and ethnic groups.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Science Incen_US
dc.rights2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.subject.otherWithin-Race-Group Differencesen_US
dc.subject.otherRaceen_US
dc.subject.otherChronic Painen_US
dc.subject.otherPhysical Healthen_US
dc.subject.otherPsychosocial Factorsen_US
dc.titleIntrarace Differences Among Black and White Americans Presenting for Chronic Pain Management: The Influence of Age, Physical Health, and Psychosocial Factorsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies, Tampa, Florida;en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15669948en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73557/1/j.1526-4637.2005.05014.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05014.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourcePain Medicineen_US
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