Pain, smoking, and moderating effect of gender in a large, representative sample of Danish adults

Comorbidity between smoking and chronic pain is well-documented, but gender differences in the pain-smoking relationship are not well understood. Although men experience greater acute analgesic benefit from smoking, pain may be more highly related to nicotine dependence and barriers to quitting amon...

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Published in:Journal of addictive diseases 2023-01, Vol.41 (1), p.110-115
Main Authors: Aigner, Carrie J., Dammeyer, Jesper
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analgesics
Chi-square test
Chronic pain
Comorbidity
Coping
Denmark - epidemiology
Drug dependence
Female
Gender
Gender differences
Humans
Male
Negative reinforcement
Nicotine
Pain
Pain - epidemiology
Regression analysis
Reinforcement
Sex differences
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology
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Summary:Comorbidity between smoking and chronic pain is well-documented, but gender differences in the pain-smoking relationship are not well understood. Although men experience greater acute analgesic benefit from smoking, pain may be more highly related to nicotine dependence and barriers to quitting among women. Utilizing a large, representative sample of adults in Denmark (N = 18,019), the current study examined gender as a moderator of the relationship between pain and smoking. Being a current smoker was related to greater likelihood of experiencing pain in univariate analysis (Chi-Square = 67.07, p 
ISSN:1055-0887
1545-0848
DOI:10.1080/10550887.2022.2078641