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Racial discrimination in pain management / A discriminação racial no tratamento da dor
Kreling, Maria Clara Giorio Dutra; Pimenta, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos; Garanhani, Mara Lúcia.
  • Kreling, Maria Clara Giorio Dutra; State University of Londrina. Department of Nursing. Londrina. BR
  • Pimenta, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos; State University of Londrina. Department of Nursing. Londrina. BR
  • Garanhani, Mara Lúcia; State University of Londrina. Department of Nursing. Londrina. BR
Rev. dor ; 15(3): 230-235, Jul-Sep/2014. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-725715
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The vulnerability of certain races and ethnicities may be worsened by the subjectivity of pain. So, this study aimed at identifying whether there has been racial discrimination in pain control by health professionals. CONTENTS: This is a literature review and queried databases were: PubMed/Medline, LILACS, SciELO, Cochrane, EMBASE, SCOPUS and psycINFO with keywords in English and Portuguese: pain-dor andrace-raça orethnic-etnia, analgesia-analgesia, prejudice/discrimination-discriminação, prescriptions drug-prescrição médica. From 3216 articles, 45 were selected. Five were included after manual search, in a total of 50 articles. CONCLUSION: No study was carried out in Brazil and 96% are from the United States. Studies are of the cross sectional and cohort type. Most researched races/ethnicities were black and white, followed by Hispanic and Asian. Most common outcomes were: access to treatment and analgesic prescription. Racial discrimination was identified in 74% of studies, being blacks the most discriminated race...
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JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A vulnerabilidade de determinadas raças e etnias, pode ser agravada pela subjetividade da dor. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar se há discriminação racial no controle da dor pelos profissionais de saúde. CONTEÚDO: Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, e as bases de dados consultadas foram: PubMed/Medline, LILACS, SciELO, Cochrane, EMBASE, SCOPUS e psycINFO com palavras-chaves em inglês e português: pain-dor and race-raça or ethnic-etnia, analgesia-analgesia, prejudice/discrimination-discriminação, prescriptions drug-prescrição médica. De 3.216 artigos, 45 foram selecionados. Na busca manual, cinco foram incluídos, totalizando 50 artigos. CONCLUSÃO: Nenhum estudo foi realizado no Brasil e 96% são dos Estados Unidos. Os estudos são do tipo transversal e corte. As raças/etnias mais pesquisadas foram a negra e a branca, seguidas dos hispânicos e asiáticos. Os desfechos mais usados foram: acesso ao tratamento e a prescrição de analgésicos. A discriminação racial foi identificada em 74% dos estudos, sendo a raça negra a mais discriminada...
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pain / Prejudice / Running / Ethnicity / Analgesia Type of study: Practice guideline / Prognostic study / Systematic reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Rev. dor Journal subject: Psychophysiology / Therapeutics Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: State University of Londrina/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pain / Prejudice / Running / Ethnicity / Analgesia Type of study: Practice guideline / Prognostic study / Systematic reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Rev. dor Journal subject: Psychophysiology / Therapeutics Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: State University of Londrina/BR