Patterns of Pain Descriptor Usage in African Americans and European Americans with Chronic Pain

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-89

  Cassisi, Jeffrey E ^a   Umeda, Masataka ^a   Deisinger, Julie A ^b   Sheffer, Christine ^c   Lofland, Kenneth R ^d   Jackson, Cheryl ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

^d Pain and Rehabilitation Clinic of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; European Americans; Exploratory factor analysis; Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1042301447     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.1.81     Document Type: Article

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