TY - JOUR
T1 - Similarities in pain descriptions of four different ethnic-culture groups
AU - Gaston-Johansson, Fannie
AU - Albert, Marci
AU - Fagan, Ellen
AU - Zimmerman, Lani
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - The purpose of this study was to identify pain terms commonly used by Hispanics, American Indians, blacks, and whites to describe painlike experiences. Subjects were asked to rate the intensity of the terms pain, ache, and hurt on a Visual Analogue Scale. Following this procedure, they were given three separtate copies of the McGill Pain Questionnaire and asked to choose the words that represented pain, ache, and hurt, respectively. The results showed that all cultural groups rated pain as the most intense terms, followed by hurt; ache was rated least intense. There was a significant difference between the intensity level of the three terms (p < 0.001). Word descriptors that distinguished pain from ache and hurt are presented. The importance of these findings for clinical practice is discussed.
AB - The purpose of this study was to identify pain terms commonly used by Hispanics, American Indians, blacks, and whites to describe painlike experiences. Subjects were asked to rate the intensity of the terms pain, ache, and hurt on a Visual Analogue Scale. Following this procedure, they were given three separtate copies of the McGill Pain Questionnaire and asked to choose the words that represented pain, ache, and hurt, respectively. The results showed that all cultural groups rated pain as the most intense terms, followed by hurt; ache was rated least intense. There was a significant difference between the intensity level of the three terms (p < 0.001). Word descriptors that distinguished pain from ache and hurt are presented. The importance of these findings for clinical practice is discussed.
KW - Pain descriptions
KW - ethnic-culture group
KW - pain ratings
KW - pain semantics
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U2 - 10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80022-3
DO - 10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80022-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 2348093
AN - SCOPUS:85049057319
VL - 5
SP - 94
EP - 100
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
SN - 0885-3924
IS - 2
ER -