• J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 1990

    Similarities in pain descriptions of four different ethnic-culture groups.

    • F Gaston-Johansson, M Albert, E Fagan, and L Zimmerman.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 1990 Apr 1; 5 (2): 94-100.

    AbstractThe 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 separate 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 less than 0.001). Word descriptors that distinguished pain from ache and hurt are presented. The importance of these findings for clinical practice is discussed.

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