Gender differences in the experience of pain dismissal in adolescence.
J Child Health Care
; 21(4): 381-391, 2017 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-29110522
ABSTRACT
This study examined physician-generated pain dismissal experiences in adolescence between males and females. Young adults (ages 18-24, N = 178) with chronic or recurrent pain reported at least one pain dismissal experience in adolescence and answered a series of questions regarding the experience during this time period. Females were significantly more likely to report pain dismissal and a physician as the dismisser. Males were more likely to report that the dismisser expressed hostility toward them, feeling ambivalent regarding the dismissal experience, and a desire to avoid the dismisser. Females were more likely to report a desire to plead for understanding with the dismisser. Results suggest that female adolescents are more likely to report a pain dismissal experience with physicians, raising concerns that adolescent females may receive, or at least perceive, differential treatment for their chronic pain.
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Dor
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Médicos
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Padrões de Prática Médica
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Comunicação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article