Pain, socioeconomic status and clinician assessments
A scoping review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lily Lucent (0000-0003-0399-9924, Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Ambulance Victoria, Frankston, Victoria, Australia, corresponding author), Brett Williams (0000-0002-1836-0755, Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Ambulance Victoria, Frankston, Victoria, Australia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-159 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10530789.2021.1977064 |
| OpenAlex | W4281294853 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Pain is a significant burden to societies worldwide with as many as one in three people believed to be living in chronic pain. However, pain is not a burden that is equally shared. Women, People of Colour, and people with low socioeconomic circumstances present with more frequent and more intense levels of chronic pain. The relationship between pain and socioeconomic status is not fully understood. This review aims to examine if patient socioeconomic status influences healthcare providers' assessment of pain. A five-stage method was used to gather and report the results. Seven electronic databases and two sources of grey literature were searched in September 2020. After review, thirteen suitable studies were identified – Nine American, one Brazilian, one Portuguese and one from the UK. Results showed that while SES does appear to have an effect on healthcare practitioners' assessment of pain, that affect is complex and interdependent upon other social determinants of health, especially race. It can be surmised, however, that patients with low SES are less likely to have a pain assessment performed or recorded, and their pain will likely be considered less credible, less intense and more related to psychological causes – especially in the presence of distress cues
Chronic pain · Distress · Environmental health · Health care · Physical therapy · Population · Portuguese · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Pain Management and Opioid Use · Psychology
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Scoping studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |