Differences in Pain Presence and Intensity Among Black, Latino, and White Community-Dwelling Midlife and Older Adults in the U.S.

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Research on Aging Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI:10.1177/01640275251344940

David Camacho, Maria P Aranda, Jerad H Moxley, Denise Burnette, Ellen P Lukens, M Carrington Reid, Elaine Wethington

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Abstract

We analyzed Wave 3 data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (weighted n = 2907) to examine variations in pain presence and intensity among US community-dwelling Black, Latino, and white adults aged 50 plus. Adjusting for factors that commonly contribute to stress and health inequalities (educational attainment, inadequate health insurance, perceived economic position, and perceived discrimination), we examined how pain presence and intensity varied by race/ethnicity. Seventy percent reported pain presence. Reported mean intensity was 2.91 (SD = .99; Range; 1-6) indicating moderate pain. Compared to white participants, Black and Latino individuals reported less presence of pain. However, Latinos reported higher pain intensity. Perceived discrimination and educational attainment were associated with pain outcomes, but these relationships varied by race/ethnicity. Work is needed to examine racial/ethnic differences in other pain dimensions and to understand how educational attainment and perceived discrimination may contribute poorer pain outcomes across groups.

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美国黑人、拉丁裔和白人社区居住的中年和老年人疼痛存在和强度的差异

我们分析了来自国家社会生活、健康和老龄化项目的Wave 3数据（加权n = 2907），以检查美国社区居住的50岁以上黑人、拉丁裔和白人成年人疼痛存在和强度的变化。调整了通常导致压力和健康不平等的因素（教育程度、不充分的健康保险、感知到的经济地位和感知到的歧视），我们研究了疼痛的存在和强度如何因种族/民族而异。70%的人报告存在疼痛。报告的平均强度为2.91 (SD = 0.99；范围;1-6)表示中度疼痛。与白人参与者相比，黑人和拉丁美洲人报告的疼痛较少。然而，拉丁美洲人报告的疼痛强度更高。感知到的歧视和受教育程度与疼痛结果有关，但这些关系因种族/民族而异。需要研究其他疼痛维度的种族/民族差异，并了解受教育程度和感知到的歧视如何导致不同群体的疼痛结果更差。

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Research on Aging GERONTOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Research on Aging is an interdisciplinary journal designed to reflect the expanding role of research in the field of social gerontology. Research on Aging exists to provide for publication of research in the broad range of disciplines concerned with aging. Scholars from the disciplines of sociology, geriatrics, history, psychology, anthropology, public health, economics, political science, criminal justice, and social work are encouraged to contribute articles to the journal. Emphasis will be on materials of broad scope and cross-disciplinary interest. Assessment of the current state of knowledge is as important as provision of an outlet for new knowledge, so critical and review articles are welcomed. Systematic attention to particular topics will also be featured.