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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Jul 5;34(4):359–369. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.12.011

Table 3.

Barriers Questionnaire-II (BQ-II)

Variable Mean (SD)
Subscale
 Physiological Effects 2.29 (0.83)
 Fatalism 1.36 (0.94)
 Communication 1.24 (1.20)
 Harmful Effects 2.5 (1.13)
Items with Greatest Barriers to Pain Management
Reports of pain could distract a doctor from curing the cancer 0.84 (1.19)
If doctors have to deal with pain they won’t concentrate on curing the disease 0.87 (1.21)
Doctors might find it annoying to be told about pain 1.08 (1.50)
Cancer pain can be relieved 1.18 (1.18)
It is important for the doctor to focus on curing illness, and not waste time controlling pain 1.19 (1.16)
Medicine can relieve cancer pain 1.32 (1.12)
It is important to be strong by not talking about pain 1.47 (1.70)
Pain medicine can hurt your immune system 1.58 (1.55)
Pain medicine can effectively control cancer pain 1.58 (1.08)
Constipation from pain medicine cannot be relieved 1.62 (1.48)
Pain medicine makes you say or do embarrassing things 1.68 (1.58)
It is easier to put up with the pain than with the side effects that come from pain medicine 1.81 (1.53)

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