Aging and Others’ Pain Processing: Implications for Hospitalization

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

Characteristic	Younger adults	Older adults
	()	()
Age (mean, SD)	22.66 (2.91)	72.66 (5.74)
Gender	20 M 21 F	20 M 21 F
Education (mean, SD)	12.15 (1.9)	6.46 (1.53)
MMSE (mean, SD)		28.1 (1.4)
Forward digit	6.51 (1.23)	4.07 (1.59)
Backward digit	6.12 (1.21)	3.32 (1.06)
Self-pain rating	2.78 (2.58)	4.51 (1.79)