衰老与他人的疼痛处理：对住院治疗的影响。
Aging and others' pain processing: implications for hospitalization.
作者信息
Di Domenico Alberto, Fairfield Beth, Mammarella Nicola
机构信息
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Chieti, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy ; Psychogerontology Center, University of Chieti, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy.
出版信息
Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res. 2014;2014:737291. doi: 10.1155/2014/737291. Epub 2014 Aug 31.
Objectives. While self-pain perception has been widely investigated in aging, the perception as well as memory of pain in others has received little attention. Methods. The study was designed as a cross-sectional behavioral study in which a group of 41 younger and a group of 41 older adults evaluated a series of valenced and pain-related pictures and were later required to recall them. Results. We found that older adults judge the stimuli as being less intense compared to their younger counterparts. However, older adults remembered a larger number of pictures with individuals expressing pain compared to pictures with individuals who have neutral or positive facial expressions. Conclusions. Older adults may underestimate emotional intensity in others, but they seem to remember painful information in others as well as younger adults. These data are discussed in terms of theories of pain perception and implications for hospitalization.
目的。虽然自我疼痛感知在衰老过程中已得到广泛研究，但对他人疼痛的感知以及记忆却很少受到关注。方法。本研究设计为一项横断面行为研究，其中一组41名年轻人和一组41名老年人评估了一系列具有效价和疼痛相关的图片，随后要求他们回忆这些图片。结果。我们发现，与年轻同龄人相比，老年人判断这些刺激的强度较低。然而，与面部表情中性或积极的个体图片相比，老年人记住了更多有个体表达疼痛的图片。结论。老年人可能会低估他人的情绪强度，但他们似乎与年轻人一样能记住他人的痛苦信息。这些数据将根据疼痛感知理论以及对住院治疗的影响进行讨论。
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