Sex Differences in Pain Sensitivity Among Cognitively Healthy Older Adults

Aaron L. McDaniel, Jeffrey T. Boon, Todd B. Monroe, Asvena Siva, Ashleigh Fletcher, Karen O. Moss, Stephen Bruehl, Mary S. Dietrich, Ronald L. Cowan, Michelle Crum, Michelle D. Failla, Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, The Ohio State College of Nursing, Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Measurement School of Nursing and Department of Biostatistics and Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine , Memphis Department of Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Nisonger Center

Biological Research For Nursing: Integrating Biobehavioral Research into Health Care

Published online on February 04, 2026

Abstract

Biological Research For Nursing, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 375-383, July 2026.
Objective:This study examined sex differences in pain intensity and unpleasantness among cognitively healthy older adults. While females generally exhibit heightened pain sensitivity, research on sex differences in older adults remains limited. We aimed ...