Pain and Poverty : Disparities by Poverty Level in the Experience of Pain-Related Interference

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between poverty and pain-related interference.

SUBJECTS: Data on a sample of 108,259 adults aged 18 and older from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2013 to 2017 were analyzed.

METHODS: I assess the odds of reporting any pain-related interference, as well as increasing levels of pain-related interference, using binary and ordinal logistic regression, respectively.

RESULTS: After controlling for covariates, the analysis showed a significant association between poverty and pain-related interference, with more severe levels of poverty associated with increased odds of reporting any pain-related interference as well as increased levels of pain-related interference. However, Hispanics were less likely to report any pain-related interference overall, and more severe levels of poverty were associated with decreased odds of reporting pain among Hispanics.

CONCLUSIONS: Policy makers should regard poverty as a social determinant of health, taking poverty and socioeconomic status into consideration when designing health policies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) - 22(2021), 7 vom: 25. Juli, Seite 1532-1538

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keralis, Jessica M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
MEPS
Pain-Related Interference
Poverty
Social Determinants of Health
Social Epidemiology
Survey Data

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.08.2021

Date Revised 04.08.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/pm/pnab030

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320881296