Sensory, Affective, and Catastrophizing Reactions to Multiple Stimulus Modalities: Results from the Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk (OK-SNAP)

Native Americans (NAs) have a higher prevalence of chronic pain than any other U.S. racial/ethnic group,4,35,83 yet little has been done to understand what contributes to this pain disparity. Access to health care,1,46 difficulties assessing/treating pain cross-culturally,78 and/or provider biases31,32 may contribute to this disparity; but, it could also stem from differences in the way that pain is processed and experienced.37

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