Understanding the Intersectional Relationship of Pain Stigma, Weight Bias Internalization, and Clinical Indicators in a Rural Population with Back Pain: A Survey-Based Study.
World Neurosurg
; 171: e846-e851, 2023 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-36603648
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Stigma is understood to be intersectional, meaning multiple characteristics can be stigmatizing, and they may be both overlapping and coconstitutive. Chronic pain and overweight are common complaints in the spinal surgery clinic. Since being overweight may relate to back pain in a complex fashion, we sought to understand if there is a moderating effect between weight bias and pain stigma.METHODS:
This study involves a survey-based, quantitative, cross-sectional, observational design using previously validated measures and demographic and clinical information. There were 192 participants. Statistical calculations were done with statistical package for the social sciences.RESULTS:
Pain stigma was not significantly correlated with BMI (body mass index), and weight bias was not significantly correlated with back pain. There was a strong positive correlation between weight bias and pain stigma. There was a strong positive correlation between weight bias and BMI when pain stigma was also high.CONCLUSIONS:
Given the relationship between weight stigma and pain, the intersection of weight and pain stigma is important because it indicates the vulnerability of patients with higher BMI to other forms of stigma, such as stigma for their pain complaints. Clinicians should be mindful of expressing pain stigma more significantly amongst patients with higher BMI.Palavras-chave
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Sobrepeso
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Preconceito de Peso
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
World Neurosurg
Assunto da revista:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article