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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2014 Oct-Dec;36(4):335–347. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000036

Table 4.

Provider Perceptions of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

SCD Survey Question Total
Mean ± SD
Nurses
Mean ± SD
Physicians
Mean ± SD
Rate how frustrated you are with providing care to adult patients with sickle cell disease (scale 0–10) 3.8 ± 2.8 4.3 ± 2.8 3.1 ± 2.8
What percent of the general population do you believe are addicted to opioids, seeking opioids for recreation purposes versus pain management? 21.8 ± 24.8 33.1 ± 28.5 8.2 ± 7.3
What percent of ED patients do you believe are addicted to opioids? 28.4 ± 24.1 39.4 ± 26.7 16.4 ± 12.6
What percent of ED sickle cell patients do you believe are addicted to opioids? 50.9 ± 32.6 55.5 ± 35.1 44.9 ± 28.0

SD = Standard deviation, Ratings adjusted for years of provider practice