Why the study?
How do anxiety sensitivity, gender, and negative interpretative bias affect pain reports in patients presenting with chest pain?
How do anxiety sensitivity, gender, and negative interpretative bias affect pain reports in patients presenting with chest pain?
Anxiety sensitivity and negative interpretative bias significantly influence the perception of chest pain in women, contributing to higher rates of non-cardiac chest pain diagnoses compared to men.
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Should not yet change diagnostic practice; hypothesis-generating for sex-specific anxiety interventions in chest pain.
Keogh et al. (2004) studied this question.
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