Individual differences and health in chronic pain: are sex-differences relevant?

Chronic pain and sex differences

Employee Engagement and Individual Differences: A Study in Indian Context

The employee engagement has emerged as a pivotal business driver for organizational success. High level of engagement in domestic and global firms is supposed to have multiple enriching effects on an organization. Studies have highlighted the importance of both organizational and individual factors in ensuring highly engaged employees. The present paper explores the individual differs across fo...

Sex differences in musculoskeletal pain.

Epidemiologic, clinical, and experimental evidence points to sex differences in musculoskeletal pain. Adult women more often have musculoskeletal problems than do men. Discrepant findings regarding the presence of such differences during childhood and adolescence continue. Biologic and psychosocial factors might account for these differences. The authors review evidence showing that mechanicall...

Sex differences between Veterans participating in interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation.

The improved management of pain among the growing number of female Veterans receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration has been established as a priority, but studies suggest that females may respond differently to pain treatment. This study explored differences between female and male Veterans engaged in a Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program and determined how female and male Ve...

Sex differences in pain perception and interpretation

This study tries to explain the importance of sex differences in the perception of pain and its treatment. The study examines sex differences not only between men and women, but more generally – between males and females. The study deals with both experimental and clinical findings. Generally speaking, women have lower pain thresholds and they also differ in their response to analgesic therapy ...