OBJECTIVE: Most conceptualizations of @entity1118 acknowledge the importance of culture and social circumstances. Cultural and social influences may differ for @entity1 of different racial or ethnic groups, and this circumstance may lead them to experience and adjust differently to @entity158 . The current study compared adjustment to @entity1118 by blacks and whites seeking treatment for @entity1118 . SUBJECTS AND MEASURES: Fifty-seven black and 207 white @entity1 completed measures of @entity148 , @entity308 , disability, @entity158 , and physical symptoms during their initial visit to a university @entity158 clinic. RESULTS: Comparisons showed that the groups did not differ with regard to age, sex, education, chronicity of @entity158 , @entity158 location, work status, previous surgeries, medical diagnosis, medication, wage replacement, or involvement in litigation. However, the black group reported higher @entity158 severity, more avoidance of activity, more fearful thinking, more physical symptoms, and greater physical and @entity717 . The groups remained significantly different with regard to avoidance, fearful thinking, and physical symptoms after @entity158 severity was statistically controlled for; however, they did not remain different on disability. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that blacks and whites with @entity1118 experience @entity158 differently. Several factors may underlie these differences, including family situation, health care experiences, or other unmeasured behavioral, environmental, or social influences. Other investigators should attempt to replicate these findings and more closely examine variables that may explain them.

A comparison of blacks and whites seeking treatment for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'persons'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['psychosocial disability'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pain']
@entity1118 :: (MESH:D059350,Disease) :: ['chronic pain']
