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Gender peculiarities of pain syndrome in older age patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Chernus ,
K. Serdakova ,
A. Sivkov ,
R. Gorenkov ,
S. .Sivkov  and
T. Savina
N. Chernus*
Affiliation:
Department Of Outpatient Therapy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University: Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
K. Serdakova
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University: Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. Sivkov
Affiliation:
The Department Of Clinical Pharmacology And Internal Diseases Propaedeutics, the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
R. Gorenkov
Affiliation:
Scientific Substantiation Of Health Preservation Of The Population Of The Russian Federation, The N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
S. .Sivkov
Affiliation:
The Department Of Clinical Pharmacology And Internal Diseases Propaedeutics, the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
T. Savina
Affiliation:
Department Of Outpatient Therapy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University: Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The study of gender-related peculiarities of vertebral pain syndrome course in order age patients appears to be highly relevant.

Objectives

Study population included 46 female patients and 38 male patients in the age between 60 and 75 years old; mean age was 67,4±6,6 years old.

Methods

Pain syndrome intensity was assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS), vegetative disfunction was assessed using A.M. Wayne Questionnaire; the Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Results

The conducted comparative study showed that the male patients perceived the pain syndrome as more intense as compared to the female patients in lumbar spine: 4,5 ±0,8 vs 3,6±0,5 scores (р <0,001) and in thoracic spine: 4,1 ±1,0 vs. 3,4±1,0 (р <0,05). On the other hand, in vegetative dysfunction assessment, the male patients demonstrated generally lower score: 43,3±7,5 scores vs. 59,6+10,3 in female patients, р <0,001. The results of correlation analysis pf interrelations between alexithymia and pain intensity revealed the differences between the study groups in emotion recognition accuracy (Mann-Whitney U-test = 109,00, р = 0.09): female patients showed lower scores (60,7 ±3,5) as compared to the male patients (74,2 ±2,1).

Conclusions

Therefore, the vertebral pain syndrome tends to be more pronounced in older age male patients as compared to the similar population of older age female patients. Therefore, vertebral pain syndrome correction requires multidisciplinary approach, including psychotherapeutic support.

Keywords

paingendervegetative disfunctionalexithymia.
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S438
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