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Women and pain

Women's Health Victoria

Published: September 2016

Series: Infographic

This infographic summarises the key messages from the Clearinghouse Connector on Women and pain in pictorial form.

These include:

women report more pain-related conditions than men
women are less likely to have their pain taken seriously
women have higher sensitivity to pain and lower tolerance of pain compared to men
women have higher levels of depression and anxiety which can increase risk of pain
men are less likely to report pain than women due to gender norms

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Women's Health Victoria (2016) Women and pain [infographic]. Women's Health Victoria. Melbourne

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