SoS PAIN_PTDC/MHC-PSC/2041/2015
On the pains of social standing: understanding the role of patient social status on pain assessment and management practices_SoS_PAIN
Description

This project investigates the influence of patient social status on pain assessment/management practices (PAMP) which rests on the ability of health-care practitioners to empathize with the experience of the pain patient. Two theoretical models are proposed and tested: social status effect and its psychosocial accounts (Model 1), and social status buffer effect models (Model 2). Model 1 hypothesizes a patient social status effect on PAMP and, based on the Dehumanization and Social Representation Theories, suggests two potentially related mediators: dehumanization and body representation. Drawing upon the Contextual Model of Gender biases in PAMP, Model 2 predicts that patient social status may also moderate the influence of contextual cues on PAMP. 
     7 tasks are organized in 3 work packages (WP). WP1 includes 4 tasks to investigate Model 1. WP2 includes two tasks and seeks empirical support for Model 2 with an experimental paradigm. WP3 aims at the integration of all the empirical results with the reviewed literature and the diffusion of results to the scientific and health professional communities.

Internal Partners
Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
CIS-Iscte Health For All Partner 2016-07-01 2019-06-30
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Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Sónia F. Bernardes Professora Associada (com Agregação) (DPSO); Integrated Researcher (CIS-Iscte); Principal Researcher 2016-07-01 2019-06-30
Paula Castro Professora Catedrática (DPSO); Integrated Researcher (CIS-Iscte); Researcher 2016-07-01 2019-06-30
Project Fundings
Reference/Code Funding DOI Funding Type Funding Program Funding Amount (Global) Funding Amount (Local) Begin Date End Date
PTDC/MHC-PSC/2041/2014 -- Contract Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - -- - Portugal 147000.00 147000.00 2016-07-01 2019-12-31
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On the pains of social standing: understanding the role of patient social status on pain assessment and management practices_SoS_PAIN
2016-07-01
2019-06-30