Rebeca Rios|Alex Zautra
Socioeconomic disparities in pain: The role of economic hardship and daily financial worry.
Arizona State University
socioeconomic disparities pain may attributable greater frequency stressful financial events well greater vulnerability economic hardship lower end socioeconomic spectrum study investigated effects economic hardship daily financial worry daily pain among women chronic musculoskeletal conditionthe sample consisted 250 women osteoarthritis n 105 fibromyalgia n 46 n 99 initial assessment participants chronic pain diagnosis level economic hardship demographic information ascertained period 30 days daily diary assessments recorded daily financial worries daily pain severity hypotheses tested using multilevel modeling repeated measures sas proc mixeddaily pain severityconditions economic hardship daily ratings financial worry significant detrimental effects daily pain participants greater levels economic hardship reported greater pain severity response daily financial worries counterparts little economic hardship participants sample employed reported higher levels economic hardship exhibited pain reactivity response daily financial worrieseconomic hardship associated greater exposure daily financial worries also greater vulnerability pain days daily financial worries experienced