• Chronic pain afflicts approximately 20% of the adult population worldwide. • Gender is one of the critical factors influencing the experience of pain. • Women report more severe levels of pain and chronic pain than men. • The response to pain therapy appears to be gender-related. • Sex hormones, endogenous opioid function, genetic factors, and psychosocial mechanisms contribute to gender differences in pain.
Melotti, R.M., Fanelli, A., Sorella, M.C. (2019). Gender and Pain. Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland : Springer [10.1007/978-3-030-15038-9_24].
Gender and Pain
Melotti, Rita Maria;Sorella, Maria Cristina
2019
Abstract
• Chronic pain afflicts approximately 20% of the adult population worldwide. • Gender is one of the critical factors influencing the experience of pain. • Women report more severe levels of pain and chronic pain than men. • The response to pain therapy appears to be gender-related. • Sex hormones, endogenous opioid function, genetic factors, and psychosocial mechanisms contribute to gender differences in pain.File in questo prodotto:
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