Table 4.
Nurse Practitioner Survey (N = 96)
| % | N | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pain psychologists help patients acquire pain management and self-management skills. Do you think this could be valuable for your patients with pain? | 95 | |
| Yes | 92.6 | 88 |
| Not sure | 6.3 | 6 |
| No | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2. Are you aware of pain psychology as a non-pharmacologic treatment option for your patients with chronic pain? | 96 | |
| Yes | 64.6 | 62 |
| No | 35.4 | 34 |
| 3. Are you interested in learning more about pain psychology and its potential benefits for your patients? | 96 | |
| Yes | 93.8 | 90 |
| No | 6.2 | 6 |
| 4. Have there been barriers to referring your patients to a pain psychologist? (Please check all that apply.) | 95 | |
| Difficulty with insurance coverage | 52.6 | 50 |
| Not sure how to locate a qualified pain psychologist | 37.9 | 36 |
| My patients are reluctant to see a pain psychologist | 29.5 | 28 |
| Didn’t know about it | 28.4 | 27 |
| None in my area | 26.3 | 25 |
| I do not know how to pitch pain psychology to my patients | 21.1 | 20 |
| Other (specify) | 12.6 | 12 |
| There are pain psychologists but the wait times are too long | 8.4 | 8 |
| Didn’t see the need | 2.1 | 2 |
| 5. Would you value a website that would allow you to easily identify therapists with specialized pain training in your patients’ area? | 96 | |
| Yes | 88.6 | 85 |
| Maybe | 10.4 | 10 |
| No | 1.0 | 1 |
| 6. Would you be in favor of an initiative to train more therapists to provide quality pain psychology services? | 96 | |
| Yes | 82.3 | 79 |
| Maybe | 14.6 | 14 |
| No | 23.1 | 3 |