SAT0516 Influence of ethnicity on clinical pain in patients with osteoarthritis versus rheumatoid arthritis: contribution of level of education and depression

Background

The experience of pain is characterized by inter-individual and group variability, with ethnicity being one potential contributing factor. In a systematic review, it was shown how African Americans (AA) demonstrated lower pain tolerance in experimental studies¹. Pain is the most common and troubling symptom in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) -maybe reflecting damage- and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...