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Black Women With Chronic Pain Have More Psychological, Physical Distress; Study Finds Significant Gap Between White, Black Women With Chronic Pain; Researchers Say Findings Show Need for Better Access to Quality Pain Care, Better Understanding of Needs of.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Black women with chronic pain experience more psychological distress, physical impairments and post-traumatic stress disorder than white women with chronic pain, a finding that researchers say should help lead to a narrowing of the gap in the treatment of chronic pain between black and white women.
New research from the University of Michigan Health System, published in the current issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association, suggests that black women with chronic pain have particular needs that should be addressed through the access to and quality of pain care.
"Although more than one in five Americans live with chronic pain, women are more likely to …
