Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception

Nasir Khatri; Nadia Hernandez; Stuart Grant; Ratan K. Banik

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39

Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception

Nasir Khatri, Nadia Hernandez, Stuart Grant, Ratan K. Banik

Anesthesiology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Abstract

Pain is a subjective sensory experience that functions as a key mechanism to alert the brain of impending tissue damage in the body. Pain has significant inter-person variability. Gender and age differences in pain perception are well known and the subject of significant research, especially within the past few decades. In general, studies have demonstrated that pain perception varies significantly among age groups and women report more pain compared to men. The exact mechanism of this is unclear but there are many hypotheses as to why, ranging from biological to socio-cultural differences in pain perception.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review
Subtitle of host publication	Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	203-205
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030872663
ISBN (Print)	9783030872656
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Keywords

Age differences
Elderly pain
Gender differences
Nociception
Pain perception

Access

10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@inbook{1bc2798abe2f40e8a08d144b98bead77,

title = "Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception",

abstract = "Pain is a subjective sensory experience that functions as a key mechanism to alert the brain of impending tissue damage in the body. Pain has significant inter-person variability. Gender and age differences in pain perception are well known and the subject of significant research, especially within the past few decades. In general, studies have demonstrated that pain perception varies significantly among age groups and women report more pain compared to men. The exact mechanism of this is unclear but there are many hypotheses as to why, ranging from biological to socio-cultural differences in pain perception.",

keywords = "Age differences, Elderly pain, Gender differences, Nociception, Pain perception",

author = "Nasir Khatri and Nadia Hernandez and Stuart Grant and Banik, {Ratan K.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.",

year = "2022",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39",

language = "English (US)",

isbn = "9783030872656",

pages = "203--205",

booktitle = "Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review",

publisher = "Springer International Publishing",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception

AU - Khatri, Nasir

AU - Hernandez, Nadia

AU - Grant, Stuart

AU - Banik, Ratan K.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

PY - 2022/1/1

Y1 - 2022/1/1

N2 - Pain is a subjective sensory experience that functions as a key mechanism to alert the brain of impending tissue damage in the body. Pain has significant inter-person variability. Gender and age differences in pain perception are well known and the subject of significant research, especially within the past few decades. In general, studies have demonstrated that pain perception varies significantly among age groups and women report more pain compared to men. The exact mechanism of this is unclear but there are many hypotheses as to why, ranging from biological to socio-cultural differences in pain perception.

AB - Pain is a subjective sensory experience that functions as a key mechanism to alert the brain of impending tissue damage in the body. Pain has significant inter-person variability. Gender and age differences in pain perception are well known and the subject of significant research, especially within the past few decades. In general, studies have demonstrated that pain perception varies significantly among age groups and women report more pain compared to men. The exact mechanism of this is unclear but there are many hypotheses as to why, ranging from biological to socio-cultural differences in pain perception.

KW - Age differences

KW - Elderly pain

KW - Gender differences

KW - Nociception

KW - Pain perception

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85160727826&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85160727826&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-87266-3_39

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85160727826

SN - 9783030872656

SP - 203

EP - 205

BT - Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review

PB - Springer International Publishing

ER -

Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this