Ethnic similarities and differences in the chronic pain experience: A comparison of African American, Hispanic, and white patients

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-98

  Edwards, Robert R ^a   Moric, Mario ^b   Husfeldt, Brenda ^c   Buvanendran, Asokumar ^b   Ivankovich, Olga ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Disability; Ethnicity; Pain; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 14944387045     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05007.x     Document Type: Article

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