Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; HEALTH Institute, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Addict Behav. 2019 Jun;93:115-121. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.01.036. Epub 2019 Jan 24.
Some research suggests that pain intensity is greater among Latinx persons compared to non-Hispanic-Whites, and that the experience of more intense pain among this group is related to poorer mental health and impairment. Yet, the degree to which pain-smoking relations generalize to Latinx smokers is unknown. The present study tested whether past-month pain intensity among adult Latinx smokers was related to cigarette dependence, perceived barriers for quitting, and problems experienced during past quit attempts. Participants were 363 Spanish-speaking Latinx daily smokers (58.7% female, M = 33.3 years, SD = 9.81). Consistent with prediction, current pain intensity was significantly related to greater cigarette dependence, perceived barriers for quitting, and problems experienced during past quit attempts. These novel data provide preliminary evidence that individual differences in the intensity of experienced pain in the past month is related to a range of clinically-significant smoking variables among a large sample of Latinx smokers. The findings suggest that pain intensity may be important to Latinx smokers, a group that often showcases pain-related disparities compared to other racial/ethnic groups.
一些研究表明，拉丁裔人群的疼痛强度比非西班牙裔白人更大，而且该人群的疼痛体验更强烈与心理健康状况较差和功能障碍有关。然而，疼痛与吸烟之间的关系在拉丁裔吸烟者中普遍存在的程度尚不清楚。本研究检验了成年拉丁裔吸烟者过去一个月的疼痛强度是否与吸烟依赖、戒烟障碍和过去戒烟尝试中遇到的问题有关。参与者是 363 名讲西班牙语的拉丁裔每日吸烟者（58.7%为女性，M=33.3 岁，SD=9.81）。与预测一致，目前的疼痛强度与吸烟依赖程度更高、戒烟障碍更大以及过去戒烟尝试中遇到的问题更多显著相关。这些新数据提供了初步证据，表明过去一个月经历的疼痛强度的个体差异与拉丁裔吸烟者的一系列临床显著吸烟变量有关，这是一个与其他种族/族裔群体相比经常表现出与疼痛相关差异的群体。这些发现表明，疼痛强度可能对拉丁裔吸烟者很重要。
