Patients' knowledge of pain agreements.
This study was conducted to determine patients' knowledge of pain agreements.


METHODS
Descriptive quantitative survey design. A 28-item questionnaire regarding patients' knowledge of pain agreements was distributed to pain management office patients.


RESULTS
Participants (N = 76) scored 30%-100% (mean 80%) on knowledge of 10 pain agreement items.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients demonstrated moderate knowledge of terms.
Krista M. Przybelinski is an adult nurse practitioner at Westfield Family Physicians, Westfield, N.Y. Lisa S. Ball is an assistant professor, Nursing Department, at Daemen College, Amherst, N.Y.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D032982:Contracts; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires