{"id":3912,"date":"2024-03-04T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoriodeldolor.com\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2024-03-04T11:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:50:30","slug":"what-are-the-main-differences-in-chronic-pain-between-men-and-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observatoriodeldolor.com\/en\/what-are-the-main-differences-in-chronic-pain-between-men-and-women\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the main differences in chronic pain between men and women?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Friday March 1 took place in Barcelona the conference <\/span><b>&#8220;Chronic Pain. Analysis of how Sex and Gender interact&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The event was held at the Acad\u00e8mie de Ci\u00e8ncies M\u00e8diques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears in Barcelona and was organized by the Societat Catalana de Dolor and the Asociaci\u00f3n Mujer y Dolor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Inmaculada Failde<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Director of the Observatory of Pain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, spoke at the conference exposing the main differences in chronic pain between men and women. The data presented were the product of the Pain Observatory&#8217;s own research with the support of the Gr\u00fcnenthal Foundation, such as the results of the Barometer of Chronic Pain in Spain 2022, and other data from the European Health Survey 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the most relevant data we can highlight that <\/span><b>women tend to present chronic pain in a higher proportion than men<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 58.7% compared to 41.3%, with the average duration of pain in women being 48 months compared to 38 months in men. In addition, women with chronic pain more frequently present anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances than men with chronic pain, which influences the fact that they have more limitations in their usual activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, the main factors <\/span><b>limiting physical quality of life <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in women are usually fibromyalgia and low back pain, and in men arthrosis, low back pain and diabetic neuropathy or other neuropathy; however, the factors limiting mental quality of life in women are usually low back pain, endometriosis or dysmenorrhea and disc herniation, while in men it is usually headache, neck pain and low social support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These and other data can be consulted in the document prepared by the Gr\u00fcnenthal Foundation &#8220;Barometer of Chronic Pain in Spain 2022&#8221;. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GNXOOtHI8CB2i3bgdfy3hi9Qmb4qx1i1\/view?usp=sharing\"><b>You can access the full report by clicking here<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday March 1 took place in Barcelona the conference &#8220;Chronic Pain. 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