Fowler-Kerry S, Lander J
College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
J Pediatr Psychol. 1991 Dec;16(6):783-93. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/16.6.783.
Examined venipuncture pain and anxiety among 90 male and 90 female children and adolescents (5 to 17 years) who were attending a hospital laboratory. The purpose of the study was to assess sex differences in pain. Ss reported state anxiety and expected pain prior to having venipuncture and sensory and affective pain following venipuncture. Analysis of data determined that male and female were alike regarding age, state anxiety, expected pain, and perceived sensory and affective venipuncture pain. From analysis of pain estimation errors, it was found that males were significantly more likely to underestimate pain and females were significantly more likely to overestimate pain. These findings were discussed in terms of implications for coping research and for clinical practice.
对90名男童和90名女童（5至17岁）进行了研究，这些儿童和青少年正在医院实验室接受检查，以了解静脉穿刺疼痛和焦虑情况。该研究的目的是评估疼痛方面的性别差异。研究对象在静脉穿刺前报告了状态焦虑和预期疼痛，在静脉穿刺后报告了感觉疼痛和情感疼痛。数据分析表明，在年龄、状态焦虑、预期疼痛以及感知到的静脉穿刺感觉疼痛和情感疼痛方面，男性和女性没有差异。通过对疼痛估计误差的分析发现，男性低估疼痛的可能性显著更高，而女性高估疼痛的可能性显著更高。针对应对研究和临床实践的意义对这些发现进行了讨论。
