Individual differences and health in chronic pain: are sex-differences relevant?
Carlos Suso-RiberaV Martínez-BorbaR Martín-BrufauS Suso-VergaraA García-PalaciosPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2019)
There is redundancy in the relationship between psychological variables and pain-related outcomes and the strength of this association is highest for mental health status. The association between psychological characteristics and health outcomes was comparable for men and women, which suggests that the same therapeutic targets could be selected in psychological interventions of pain patients irrespective of sex.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- public health
- peritoneal dialysis
- neuropathic pain
- sleep quality
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- spinal cord injury
- prognostic factors
- climate change
- depressive symptoms
- spinal cord
- social media
- drug induced
- patient reported
- human health
- insulin resistance