Do Correlates of Pain-Related Stoicism and Cautiousness Differ in Younger and Older People With Advanced Cancer?

Kenneth Mah; Kim T. Tran; Lynn R. Gauthier; Gary Rodin; Camilla Zimmermann; David Warr; S. Lawrence Librach; Malcolm J. Moore; Frances A. Shepherd; Lucia Gagliese

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.002

doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.002

Do Correlates of Pain-Related Stoicism and Cautiousness Differ in Younger and Older People With Advanced Cancer?

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The Journal of Pain

Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 301 - 316

Published: Mar 1, 2018

Abstract

Age differences are not evident in pain-related stoicism and cautiousness in people with cancer pain. Little is known about the factors associated with these pain-related attitudes or age-related patterns in these associations. The present cross-sectional study investigated the biopsychosocial correlates of the attitudes in younger and older patients with advanced cancer. Pain-related stoicism (fortitude, concealment, superiority) and...