TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex differences in pain indices, exercise, and use of analgesics
AU - Zeichner, Amos
AU - Loftin, Michael
AU - Panopoulos, Georgia
AU - Widner, Sabina
AU - Allen, Joseph
PY - 2000/2
Y1 - 2000/2
N2 - To understand better reported sex differences in sensitivity to pain, this study examined daily pain frequency and intensity, use of analgesics, physical activity, and both subjective and physiological response to acute pain in 18 men and 24 women, healthy people who provided information about their daily pain symptoms and physical activity before completing a cold pressor task. Compared to men, women reported more frequent and intense pain symptoms, as well as more frequent use of analgesics and lower physical activity. Women evinced higher physiological arousal during the cold pressor task but similar subjective pain. The findings highlight the different ways men and women cope with pain and the effect on their responses to acute pain.
AB - To understand better reported sex differences in sensitivity to pain, this study examined daily pain frequency and intensity, use of analgesics, physical activity, and both subjective and physiological response to acute pain in 18 men and 24 women, healthy people who provided information about their daily pain symptoms and physical activity before completing a cold pressor task. Compared to men, women reported more frequent and intense pain symptoms, as well as more frequent use of analgesics and lower physical activity. Women evinced higher physiological arousal during the cold pressor task but similar subjective pain. The findings highlight the different ways men and women cope with pain and the effect on their responses to acute pain.
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U2 - 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.129
DO - 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.129
M3 - Article
C2 - 10778259
AN - SCOPUS:0034136703
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 86
SP - 129
EP - 133
JO - Psychological reports
JF - Psychological reports
IS - 1
ER -