Table 3.

AAPM Physician Survey (N = 203)

		%	N
1.	Do you have a pain psychologist in your practice or clinic? (psychologist with expertise in treating pain)		203
	No	47.8	97
	Yes	39.4	80
	Other (specify)	12.8	26
2.	Have you referred any of your patients to a pain psychologist in the community? (psychologist with expertise in treating pain)		203
	Yes	79.2	161
	No	20.8	42
3.	Have you experienced difficulty in referring your patients for pain psychology? Please check all that apply:		195
	Not enough specialty pain psychologists	72.3	141
	Difficulty with insurance coverage	69.2	135
	Wait times too long	41.5	81
	Few or no pain psychologist resources for non-local patients	40.5	79
	No clear way to search and identify local qualified pain psychologists for my patients	41.0	80
	My patients are reluctant to see a pain psychologist	37.4	73
	Other (please specify)	6.2	12
	I do not know how to pitch pain psychology to my patients	4.6	9
4.	Please rate the importance of increasing pain psychologist resources in the		203
	treatment of patients with pain in the US.
	Critically important	66.0	134
	Important	30.1	61
	Somewhat important	3.0	6
	Not important	1.0	2
	Of little importance	0.0	0
5.	Do you think patients with pain could benefit from a national effort to better train therapists and psychologists in specialized pain management?		203
	Yes	94.6	192
	Not sure	4.9	10
	No	0.5	1
6.	Would you value a website that would allow you to easily identify therapists with specialized pain training in your patients’ area?		203
	Yes	84.7	172
	Maybe	10.3	21
	Other (please specify)	3.0	6
	No	2.0	4