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← Previous revision Revision as of 17:11, 22 April 2026 Line 5: Line 5: === Add "Bias in Pain Tolerance" Section === === Add "Bias in Pain Tolerance" Section === Bias in pain tolerance is widespread in clinical practice and leads to underestimation and [[Undertreatment of pain]], especially in women and racial minorities. Oftentimes, these [[Bias]] are rooted in biological misconceptions, stereotypes, unconscious beliefs, and errors in assessing pain. People tend to inaccurately assess pain. One study using stimuli of people in pain showed that observers disproportionately underestimated women of color’s pain compared to white women, white men, and men of color.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ruben |first=Mollie A. |last2=Stosic |first2=Morgan D. |date=2024-09-01 |title=Documenting Race and Gender Biases in Pain Assessment and a Novel Intervention Designed to Reduce Biases |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590024004802 |journal=The Journal of Pain |volume=25 |issue=9 |pages=104550 |doi=10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104550 |issn=1526-5900}}</ref> In addition, studies have shown that in general, women experience higher levels of post-operative pain compared to men, but receive less pain medication compared to men.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sex/Gender Biases in Pain Research and Clinical Practice |url=https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/fact-sheets/sex-gender-biases-in-pain-research-and-clinical-practice/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) |language=en-US}}</ref> Furthermore, bias has been shown in medical students on pain tolerance where many medical students were found to believe the false and racist statement: “black people’s skin is thicker than white people’s."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hoffman |first=Kelly M. |last2=Trawalter |first2=Sophie |last3=Axt |first3=Jordan R. |last4=Oliver |first4=M. Norman |date=2016-04-19 |title=Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites |url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516047113 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=113 |issue=16 |pages=4296–4301 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1516047113 |pmc=4843483 |pmid=27044069}}</ref> These instances of bias in pain tolerance have broader implications in healthcare including contributing to decreased trust in providers, long-term undertreatment of pain, and worse health outcomes, particularly for minorities groups. Bias in pain tolerance is widespread in clinical practice and leads to underestimation and [[Undertreatment of pain]], especially in women and racial minorities. Oftentimes, these [[Bias]] are rooted in biological misconceptions, stereotypes, unconscious beliefs, and errors in assessing pain. People tend to inaccurately assess pain. One study using stimuli of people in pain showed that observers disproportionately underestimated women of color’s pain compared to white women, white men, and men of color.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ruben |first=Mollie A. |last2=Stosic |first2=Morgan D. |date=2024-09-01 |title=Documenting Race and Gender Biases in Pain Assessment and a Novel Intervention Designed to Reduce Biases |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590024004802 |journal=The Journal of Pain |volume=25 |issue=9 |pages=104550 |doi=10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104550 |issn=1526-5900}}</ref> In addition, studies have shown that in general, women experience higher levels of post-operative pain compared to men, but receive less pain medication compared to men.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sex/Gender Biases in Pain Research and Clinical Practice |url=https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/fact-sheets/sex-gender-biases-in-pain-research-and-clinical-practice/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) |language=en-US}}</ref> Furthermore, bias has been shown in medical students on pain tolerance where many medical students were found to believe the false and racist statement: “black people’s skin is thicker than white people’s."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hoffman |first=Kelly M. |last2=Trawalter |first2=Sophie |last3=Axt |first3=Jordan R. |last4=Oliver |first4=M. Norman |date=2016-04-19 |title=Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites |url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516047113 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=113 |issue=16 |pages=4296–4301 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1516047113 |pmc=4843483 |pmid=27044069}}</ref> These instances of bias in pain tolerance have broader implications in healthcare including contributing to decreased trust in providers, long-term undertreatment of pain, and worse health outcomes, particularly for minorities groups. [[File:AAMC Pain Diagnosis Scale.png|thumb|Boyle, P. (2023). ''The science of pain: What is it and why is it so hard to measure?''. Wikimedia Commons. https://www.aamc.org/news/science-pain-what-it-and-why-it-so-hard-measure]]

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