Matthew C Morris1, Stephen Bruehl2, Amanda L Stone2, Judy Garber3, Craig Smith3, Tonya M Palermo4, Lynn S Walker5. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA. 2. Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 3. Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. 4. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to self-reported pain severity and disability but its association with evoked pain responsiveness in individuals with chronic pain remains unclear. The present study examined relations between neighborhood SES, assessed through the area deprivation index (ADI), and static and dynamic pain response indices. It was hypothesized that youth with functional abdominal pain (FAP) living in lower SES neighborhoods would exhibit lower pain threshold, lower pain tolerance, and reduced conditioned pain modulation (CPM) compared to youth living in higher SES neighborhoods. METHODS: Participants were 183 youth with FAP and their parents. Youth completed a quantitative sensory testing protocol. Family addresses were used to compute ADI scores. Thermal stimuli for pain threshold and tolerance were delivered to participants' forearms using thermodes. CPM, an index of descending pain inhibition, was determined using a thermode as test stimulus and a hot water bath as conditioning stimulus. RESULTS: As hypothesized, youth with FAP living in lower SES neighborhoods exhibited weaker CPM. Contrary to hypotheses, lower neighborhood SES was associated with neither pain thresholds nor with pain tolerance. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrated the independent contribution of place of residence-an often neglected component of the biopsychosocial model-to efficiency of descending pain inhibition. Understanding the mechanisms that account for such associations between place and pain could guide the development of public health and policy initiatives designed to mitigate chronic pain risk in underserved and economically marginalized communities.
OBJECTIVE: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to self-reported pain severity and disability but its association with evoked pain responsiveness in individuals with chronic pain remains unclear. The present study examined relations between neighborhood SES, assessed through the area deprivation index (ADI), and static and dynamic pain response indices. It was hypothesized that youth with functional abdominal pain (FAP) living in lower SES neighborhoods would exhibit lower pain threshold, lower pain tolerance, and reduced conditioned pain modulation (CPM) compared to youth living in higher SES neighborhoods. METHODS: Participants were 183 youth with FAP and their parents. Youth completed a quantitative sensory testing protocol. Family addresses were used to compute ADI scores. Thermal stimuli for pain threshold and tolerance were delivered to participants' forearms using thermodes. CPM, an index of descending pain inhibition, was determined using a thermode as test stimulus and a hot water bath as conditioning stimulus. RESULTS: As hypothesized, youth with FAP living in lower SES neighborhoods exhibited weaker CPM. Contrary to hypotheses, lower neighborhood SES was associated with neither pain thresholds nor with pain tolerance. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrated the independent contribution of place of residence-an often neglected component of the biopsychosocial model-to efficiency of descending pain inhibition. Understanding the mechanisms that account for such associations between place and pain could guide the development of public health and policy initiatives designed to mitigate chronic pain risk in underserved and economically marginalized communities.
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