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