Gender differences in children's pain experience following tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy and/or myringotomy

Abstract This aims of this research are to determine if the 2D:4D digit ratio is related to subjective pain experience during tattooing and to examine gender differences therein. The study involved 43 male and 28 female Polish adults recruited from two tattoo salons in Wroclaw and Leszno in Western Poland. These subjects were asked if they felt pain during their tattooing and answers were recorded as ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. The ventral surface lengths of the second and fourth digits of each hand were measured, and analysis of variance was performed to assess significant differences in the 2D:4D ratios of right and left hands and twohand averages between genders and the Yes/ No groups reporting pain experience. Results revealed that although the digit ratios for females had systematically higher values than those in males, differences were not statistically significant. Both sex and subjective pain feeling were significantly associated with 2D:4D ratio in both hands and their average values, while sex and pain experience were independently associated with digit ratio. Subjects who felt pain during tattooing had a significantly lower digit ratio. In conclusion, the study did not support the hypothesis that the lower masculine 2D:4D ratio is associated with a higher pain threshold. Prenatal sex hormonal exposure generating the gender dimorphic 2D:4D index may not predispose the actual feeling of all kinds of pain; in this instance, not in pain associated with tattooing.

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Surgeons’ aims and pain assessment strategies when managing paediatric post-operative pain

Journal of Child Health Care ◽

10.1177/1367493514527022 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 513-523 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alison M Twycross ◽

Anna M Williams ◽

G Allen Finley

Keyword(s):

Daily Living ◽

Explicit Knowledge ◽

Diagnostic Value ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Pain Experience ◽

Paediatric Hospital ◽

Realistic Approach ◽

Post Operative Pain ◽

Children's Pain ◽

Assessment Strategies

Children experience moderate to severe pain post-operatively. Nurses have been found to have a variety of aims in this context. Surgeons’ aims when managing post-operative pain have not been explored. This qualitative study set out to explore paediatric surgeons’ aims when managing post-operative pain in one paediatric hospital in Canada. Consultant surgeons ( n = 8) across various specialities took part in semi-structured interviews. Surgeons’ overarching aim was to keep the child comfortable. Various definitions of comfortable were given, relating to the child’s experience of pain itself and their ability to undertake activities of daily living. Children’s behavioural pain cues seem to be a primary consideration when making treatment decisions. Parents’ views regarding their child’s pain were also seen as important, suggesting children may not be seen as competent to make decisions on their own behalf. The need to maintain a realistic approach was emphasised and pain management described as a balancing act. Surgeons may draw on both tacit and explicit knowledge when assessing children’s pain. There appears to be an expectation among surgeons that some pain is to be expected post-operatively and that the diagnostic value of pain may, in some cases, supersede concerns for the child’s pain experience.

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Gender Differences in Pain Experience and Treatment after Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Secondary Analysis of the CRASH Injury Study

Clinical Therapeutics ◽

10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.12.014 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 204-213.e2 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tracy E. Madsen ◽

Samuel McLean ◽

Wanting Zhai ◽

Sarah Linnstaedt ◽

Michael C. Kurz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

Motor Vehicle Collisions ◽

Vehicle Collisions ◽

Pain Experience

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The Inventory of Parent/Caregiver Responses to the Children's Pain Experience

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t11970-000 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Anna Huguet ◽

Jordi Miró ◽

Rubén Nieto

Keyword(s):

Pain Experience ◽

Children's Pain

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Gender Differences in Pain Experience and Physical Activity of Fibromyalgia Syndrome Patients

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain ◽

10.3109/10582452.2013.796036 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 147-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ana I. Sánchez ◽

Marie Carmen Valenza ◽

María Pilar Martínez ◽

Elena Miró ◽

Fabian N. Diener ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Gender Differences ◽

Fibromyalgia Syndrome ◽

Pain Experience

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Effect of an Active Distraction Method for Pediatric Venipuncture Related Pain and Anxiety

10.21203/rs.3.rs-715971/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Emel Isiyel ◽

Melehat Yurttas ◽

Ezgi Perktas ◽

Elif Ozmert ◽

Ozlem Teksam

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Poor Health ◽

Invasive Procedures ◽

Health Consequences ◽

Independent Observer ◽

Pain Experience ◽

Uptake Rates ◽

Informed Group ◽

Children's Pain ◽

Active Distraction

Abstract Needle-associated fear and pain in children can lead to poor health consequences and lower uptake rates of medical services. Information and distraction are significant methods in reducing pain and anxiety in children. We aimed to evaluate the effects of giving information and an active distraction method for pediatric venipuncture -related pain and anxiety in 3-8 years old children. Children were randomized into three groups as the control, the informed, the informed and distracted. Fear and pain experience were found to be significantly lower in the informed and distracted group rather than the control and the informed group according to the parents/caregivers. Fear and pain experience were similarly found to be significantly lower in the informed and distracted group than the other groups according to the independent observer. Informing, preparing, coping, distracting methods should be used before, during, and after the invasive procedures to reduce children's pain and anxiety.

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