Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?

BACKGROUND: 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 question...

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Main Authors: Mark K Simmonds, Saifee Rashiq, Philip Klemka, Alexander S Sclanachan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/926983
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spelling doaj-art-e26e37ac0a3c428f901655b515a632b72025-02-03T01:00:48ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652004-01-0192818510.1155/2004/926983Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?Mark K Simmonds0Saifee Rashiq1Philip Klemka2Alexander S Sclanachan3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, CanadaThe Grey Nuns Family Medicine Centre, Grey Nuns Hospital, Cedars Professional Park, CanadaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/926983
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title Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
title_full Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
title_fullStr Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
title_full_unstemmed Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
title_short Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free?
title_sort do patients with chronic noncancer pain accept treatment of questionable benefit more readily that those who are pain free
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