• Pain Med · Jul 2021

    Title: Pain and poverty: Disparities by poverty level in the experience of pain-related interference.

    • Jessica M Keralis.
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, USA.
    • Pain Med. 2021 Jul 25; 22 (7): 1532-1538.

    ObjectiveTo assess the relationship between poverty and pain-related interference.SubjectsData 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.MethodsI 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.ResultsAfter 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.ConclusionsPolicy makers should regard poverty as a social determinant of health, taking poverty and socioeconomic status into consideration when designing health policies.© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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