Comparing the experiential and psychosocial dimensions of chronic pain in African Americans and Caucasians: Findings from a national community sample

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Ruehlman, Linda S ^a   Karoly, Paul ^a   Newton, Craig ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping; Pain attitudes; Pain context model; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 14944372497     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05002.x     Document Type: Article

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