Pain perception in the Ukraian and Iranian students with various temperament type

Abstract

We assessed temperament type in 54 Iranian and 54 students (by Eysenck questionnaire) and its influence on pain perception. 27 choleric Iranian students possessed less pain threshold and thus higher pain sensitivity than 27 cholerics from Ukraine. 13 sanguinics from Ukraine and Iran did not exhibit valuable difference in pain perception. 7 phlegmatics and 7 melancholics from Ukraine had significantly bigger pain sensitivity comparatively to the Iranians same amount. These data make desirable human temperament taking into account while anesthesia performance to the patients.