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Volume 6, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Pain Relief, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-0846
Pain Management 2017
October 05-06, 2017
5
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
October 05-06, 2017 London, UK
Pain Research And Management
Individual differences in perception and response to experimental pain among secondary school
students in Zaria, Nigeria
Abdullahi H Umar
Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Statement of the Problem:
Pain is a protective sensation that alerts an individual to injury from the environment. Experience
of pain is characterised by robust individual differences and complex environmental and genetic factors lead to individual
variations in pain. Studies of experimental pain are free from the confound of disease progression and can be highly relevant
to clinical pain states.
Aim:
The aim of this study is to evaluate individual differences in perception and response to experimental pain among
students in Zaria, Nigeria.
Methodology:
One hundred and thirty apparently healthy subjects (age 12 to 20 years) were used. Pain was accessed using
cold pressor test and ischemic pain models. VAS and VRS were used to access pain catastrophizing. Data were presented as
mean ± SD. Differences and statistical significance between the means were determined by ANOVA. Values of P<0.05 were
considered significant.
Findings:
The results showed significant differences among the study population in experimental pain threshold and tolerance.
Conclusion:
The study proved that there is variation in perception and response to experimental pain among secondary school
students in Zaria, Northern Nigeria.
ahumar@abu.edu.ngJ Pain Relief 2017, 6:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-015