title: Willingness to Use Pain Medication to Treat Pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the growth of the economic impact of pain and pain management, there remains a lack of knowledge about disparities, especially, evidence regarding individual attitudes and beliefs about accepting pain treatments. This study provides preliminary information on the prevalence of public concerns about pain management and a better understanding of factors that may ultimately lead to improved pain management and treatment adherence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a cross-sectional survey of community-dwelling adults 18+ in the US, 123 randomly selected respondents were telephone-interviewed in 2012. Principal components factor analysis (PCA) was used to detect statistical groupings of attitudes and beliefs about pain and pain management. The modified Protection Motivation Theory was applied to examine the willingness to use pain medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The five most important components pertained to threat appraisal, coping appraisal, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control. Threat appraisal was the most common factor, and subjective norms was the least common factor. Lower income, more awareness of hospice, and less misconceptions about threat appraisal and attitudes toward pain and pain management were associated with more willingness to use pain medicine in hierarchical regression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These components are useful for future research on the willingness to use pain medicine and may have implications for assessing cognitive barriers toward pain and pain management among the general public.
authors.forename: Seokho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cagle
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Van Dussen
authors.forename: Iraida V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Carrion
authors.forename: Krystal L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Culler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires