Journal article
Heightened cold pain and pressure pain sensitivity in young female adults with moderate-to-severe menstrual pain
H Slater, M Paananen, AJ Smith, P O'Sullivan, AM Briggs, M Hickey, J Mountain, J Karppinen, D Beales
Pain | Published : 2015
Abstract
This study investigated the association between menstrual pain severity and psychophysical measures of cold and pressure pain sensitivity. A cross-sectional design was used with young women (n 432) from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. Menstrual pain severity and oral contraception use was obtained from questionnaires at 20 and 22-year follow-ups. A visual analog scale (VAS; range from 0 [none] to 10 [unbearable]) was used to measure menstrual pain severity at both 20 and 22 years over the 3-year period, with 3 groups created: (1) no pain or mild pain (VAS 0-3), (2) at least moderate pain at a minimum of 1 of the 2 time points (hereafter named "mixed)", and (3) severe p..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the Raine Study participants for their ongoing participation in the study, the Raine Study Team for study coordination and data collection, the University of Western Australia Centre for Sleep Science for utilization of the facility, and the Sleep Study Technicians. The authors acknowledge the University of Western Australia, the Raine Medical Research Foundation, the University of Western Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the Telethon Kids Institute, the Women's and Infant's Research Foundation, Curtin University, and Edith Cowan University for providing funding for the Core Management of the Raine Study.