Open AccessThe Role of Mental Distraction on the Pain Response in Healthy Young Indian Adults
Author(s) -
M. Kumar,
Jayballabh Kumar,
Indu Saxena
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/4800.2647
Subject(s) - distraction , conversation , population , menstrual cycle , medicine , mental health , pain tolerance , psychology , intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , audiology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , threshold of pain , environmental health , communication , neuroscience , hormone
The pain sensitivity of a person depends on the type of pain, his/her genetics, racial and cultural factors. Its dependence on the gender is debatable. The significance of the psychological or the behavioural intervention in pain management is gaining importance, along with a reduction in the doses of the analgesics. We wished to investigate (a) whether Indian subjects showed a pain response which was similar to that which was reported for American subjects, (b) whether sex-related differences in the pain response were present in the Indian population, and (c) which method of mental distraction (from a choice of the presence of a male/female attendant, preferred music, and solving simple arithmetic problems) was best suited for the Indian subjects.