Nicole A. Hollingshead|Leslie Ashburn?Nardo|Jesse C. Stewart|Adam T. Hirsh
The Pain Experience of Hispanic Americans: A Critical Literature Review and Conceptual Model
University of Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|University of Indianapolis|University of Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|University of Indianapolis
although hispanic population burgeoning ethnic group united states little known painrelated experience address gap critically reviewed existing literature pain experience management among hispanic americans focused review literature nonmalignant pain pain behaviors pain treatment seeking among pain management experiences examined ha patients health care providers perspectives literature search included variations term hispanic pain pubmed embase web science sciencedirect psycinfo databases total 117 studies met inclusion criteria organized results conceptual model separate categories biological andor psychological sociocultural andor systemslevel influences pain experience response pain seeking receiving pain care also included information health care providers experience treating ha patients pain category identified future areas research conclude discussion limitations clinical implicationsin critical review literature examined pain management experiences ha population propose conceptual model highlights findings existing literature future areas research