SECTION A | ||||||
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What percentage of patients with Sickle Cell Disease: | >5% | 6-20% | 21-50% | 51-75% | >75% | |
1 | Over-report (exaggerate) pain? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2 | Fail to comply with medical advice? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
3 | Abuse drugs, including alcohol? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Manipulate you or other providers? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Are drug-seeking when they come to the hospital? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | Are frustrating to take care of? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
7 | Makes me feel glad that I went into medicine? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Are the kind of person I could see myself friends with? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
9 | Are satisfying to take care of? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
10 | Are easy to empathize with? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
SECTION B | |||||||
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Please indicate your opinion about the degree to which each of the following is a sign that a patient with sickle cell disease is inappropriately/unnecessarily drug-seeking: | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Not sure but probably Disagree | Not sure but probably Agree | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
1 | Patient requests specific narcotic drug and dose | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2 | Patient changes his/her behavior (e.g. appears in greater distress) when provider walks in room | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
3 | Patient appears comfortable (e.g. talking on phone or watching TV) while complaining of severe pain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
4 | Patient has history of disputes with staff | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
5 | Patient rings bell for nurse and constantly asks for more pain medication before next dose is due | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
6 | Patient has history of signing out against medical advice | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
7 | Patient tampers with a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
8 | Patient complains of severe pain but has no change in hemoglobin, a normal reticulocyte count, and a normal physical exam. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
SECTION C | |||||||
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Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Not sure but probably Disagree | Not sure but Probably Agree | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
1 | The most reliable indicator of the existence and intensity of acute pain episodes in sickle cell disease is patient self-report. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2 | An important focus of the health care provider in treating acute pain episodes in sickle cell disease is adequate pain relief. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
3 | An important focus of the health care provider in treating acute pain episodes in sickle cell disease is prevention of drug addiction. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
4 | A patient with sickle cell disease can present with crisis in the absence of any objective measures (e.g baseline hemoglobin, normal reticulocyte count, normal physical exam). | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
SECTION D | ||||||
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Please state how often the following things occur: | Always | Most of the time | Some of the time | Rarely | Never | |
1 | I am bothered by the way some doctors treat patients with sickle cell disease. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2 | I am bothered by the way some nurses treat patients with sickle cell disease. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
3 | I am bothered by the way some of my own friends and colleagues treat patients with sickle cell disease. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4 | I try to imagine myself in the shoes of a patient with sickle cell disease when providing care for them. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
SECTION E | |||||||
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In your opinion, many patients with sickle cell disease who exaggerate pain do so as a result of: | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Not sure but probably Disagree | Not sure but probably Agree | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
1 | Inappropriate or unnecessary drug addiction/ drug seeking | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2 | Inadequate pain management by doctors and nurses | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
3 | Personality disorders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
4 | Previous poor pain management in the healthcare system | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
5 | A perception among patients of the need to ‘act out’ in order to get appropriate pain medication | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Thank you for taking the time to participate.