Sex, Gender, and Age: Contributions to Laboratory Pain Responding in Children and Adolescents

Myers, Cynthia D.; Tsao, Jennie C.I.; Glover, Dorie; Kim, Su C.; Turk, Norman; Zeltzer, Lonnie K.

doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2006.01.454

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“…19 Further, the difference for pain perception among male and female subjects changes significantly after puberty/menarche onset (initiation of menstrual cycles) due to complex central/peripheral interactions between pain specific neurotransmitters and ovarian hormones. 18,20 In our study, the difference in the mean pain perception as well as the BS and WS variance amongst 12-15 year females and 15-18 year females could be possibly explained by the expected difference in the number of females with menarche onset in these two age groups, as pointed out by the authors of recent orthodontic pain study. 4 The median age for menarche onset is 12.43 years and nearly 90% of girls are menstruating by the age of 13.75 years.…”

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“…17,18 Evidence shows that in response to painful stimulus, females have significantly greater activation of the contralateral prefrontal cortex, the contralateral insula and the thalamus compared with males, suggesting an inherent sexual dimorphism in response to pain. 19 Further, the difference for pain perception among male and female subjects changes significantly after puberty/menarche onset (initiation of menstrual cycles) due to complex central/peripheral interactions between pain specific neurotransmitters and ovarian hormones.…”

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Orthodontic pain trajectories in adolescents: Between-subject and within-subject variability in pain perception

Sandhu¹,

Leckie

2016

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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Orthodontic pain trajectories in adolescents: Between-subject and within-subject variability in pain perception

Sandhu¹,

Leckie

2016

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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“…Ineffective coping strategies for pain may further compromise their pain-related QOL. However, Myers et al found that older adolescents may have higher pain tolerance than do younger adolescents 41 . Compared with younger adolescents, older adolescents may have higher self-confidence and are more well-equipped with appropriate skills to cope with pain.…”

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Pain-related quality of life related to mental health and sociodemographic indicators in adolescents

Lee

Yeh

Hsiao

et al. 2017

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Background: A total of 6150 junior and senior high school students aged 11-18 years participated in this study. Their level of pain-related QOL was assessed using the pain subscale of the Taiwanese QOL Questionnaire for Adolescents. The severities of depression, suicidality, anxiety, and alcohol abuse were also examined. Objectives: This study examined the associations between pain-related quality of life (QOL) and sociodemographic characteristics and those between pain-related QOL and mental health problems such as depression, suicidality, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. Methods: The association of sociodemographic factors with pain-related QOL was examined through multiple regression analysis. The association of pain-related QOL with mental health problems was examined through logistic regression analysis. Results: The boys exhibited a higher level of satisfaction with pain-related QOL than did the girls. Older age was significantly associated with a lower level of satisfaction with pain-related QOL. Residential background, parental marital status, and parental education levels were not significantly associated with the level of satisfaction with pain-related QOL. Increased risks of depression, suicidality, anxiety, and alcohol abuse were significantly associated with a low level of satisfaction with pain-related QOL. Discussion: A low level of satisfaction with pain-related QOL is significantly associated with the risk of poor mental health. Adolescents with the correlates of low satisfaction with pain-related QOL should be monitored for the risk of mental health problems.

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“…One mediating variable is emotion, and it has been suggested that gender differences in the experience of pain may arise from differences in the experience and processing of emotion that, in turn, differentially alter pain processing (48). Further, the findings by Myers et al (49) suggest that gender socialization influences young people's pain responses and highlight the importance of a multifactorial developmental approach to studying the impact of gender socialization on the emergence of sex differences in pain responses after puberty. Supportive parenting styles, social supports and controls, good parental examples and other positive family characteristics have been associated with better perceived oral health (31,32,(34)(35)(36)40), while living with single parents or other people than parents is a higher likelihood for oral pain (51).…”

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Oral pain and associated factors among adolescents in northern Finland

Lahti

Sipilä

Taanila

et al. 2008

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. Our aim was to study the prevalence of oral pain and its association with perceived oral health and with proximal (individual health-related) and distal (sociocultural and environmental) risk factors among adolescents. Study Design. Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Methods. The data were collected in 2001-2002 by questionnaires as part of the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study. The number of eligible replies was 7,344 (response rate 80%) among 15/16-year-old adolescents and 6,985 (response rate 76%) among parents. Of the risk factors, sociocultural factors (distal) and unhealthy habits (proximal) were included. Logistic regression analyses were conducted with oral pain as the dependent variable. The independent variables were unhealthy diet, smoking, alcohol use, mother's/father's education, financial status, parents' attentiveness and perceived cavities. Results. The best predictor of oral pain was perceived cavities. Girls and frequent users of alcohol were more likely to report oral pain than were boys and less frequent users of alcohol. Conclusions. Even though caries contributed to oral pain among adolescents, there were also other factors involved. Poor health habits such as smoking and alcohol consumption were more common among adolescents who experienced oral pain. Thus, an adolescent's perceived pain should be treated seriously and be properly attended to by oral health personnel.

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Sex, Gender, and Age: Contributions to Laboratory Pain Responding in Children and Adolescents

Cited by 67 publications

References 42 publications

Orthodontic pain trajectories in adolescents: Between-subject and within-subject variability in pain perception

Orthodontic pain trajectories in adolescents: Between-subject and within-subject variability in pain perception

Pain-related quality of life related to mental health and sociodemographic indicators in adolescents

Oral pain and associated factors among adolescents in northern Finland

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