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Papers: 27 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019


Human Studies


2019 Nov 01


Pain Med


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Classism in Pain Care: The Role of Patient Socioeconomic Status on Nurses’ Pain Assessment and Management Practices.

Authors

Brandão T, Campos L, De Ruddere L, Goubert L, Bernardes SF
Pain Med. 2019 Nov 01; 20(11):2094-2105.
PMID: 31361014.

Abstract

Research on social disparities in pain care has been mainly focused on the role of race/racism and sex/sexism. Classism in pain assessment and management practices has been much less investigated. We aimed to test the effect of patient socioeconomic status (SES; a proxy of social class) on nurses' pain assessment and management practices and whether patient SES modulated the effects of patient distress and evidence of pathology on such practices.