Open AccessDo Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
Author(s) -
Mark K. Simmonds,
Saifee Rashiq,
Philip Klemka,
Alexander S Sclanachan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/2004/926983
Subject(s) - chronic pain , medicine , physical therapy , psychological intervention , likert scale , psychiatry , psychology , developmental psychology
The efficacy of some common, questionable chronic pain interventions has been debated and it is unclear why sufferers of chronic noncancer pain agree to receive them. This study attempts to determine if chronic pain sufferers characteristically more readily accept treatment with questionable benefit.
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