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Schmerz und Geschlecht

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Psychologische Schmerztherapie

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Laborexperimentelle Untersuchungen scheinen die Alltagserfahrung zu bestätigen: Frauen reagieren empfindlicher als Männer auf Schmerzreize. Die erhöthe Schmerzsensitivität könnte möglicherweise ein Risikofaktor für die Entstehung chronischer Schmerzzustände sein. Auch in der Klinik sind deutliche Unterschiede in der Prävalenz von Schmerzdiagnosen zu Lasten der Frauen zu beobachten, wenngleich eine Differenzierung nach der Schmerzlokalisation vorgenommen werden muss. Zur Erklärung der beobachteten Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern werden sowohl biologische als auch psychosoziale Bedingungen diskutiert. Sowohl die Wirkung der Sexualhormone als auch die Reagibilität des endogenen Schmerzkontrollsystems, die vorhandenen Geschlechtsrollenstereotype und die Emotionalität werden als bedingende Variablen berücksichtigt. Das Wissen um geschlechtsbezogene Unterschiede des Schmerzerlebens und Schmerzverhaltens könnte zu einer Verbesserung der Therapie durch eine Berücksichtigung geschlechtsspezifischer Wirkfaktoren beitragen.

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Zimmer, C. (2004). Schmerz und Geschlecht. In: Psychologische Schmerztherapie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09587-4_11

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