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Table 3 Health Care Providers’ Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale (HC-PAIRS)

From: Attitudes and beliefs about musculoskeletal pain and its association with pain neuroscience knowledge among physiotherapy students in Israel

  

Totally

Agree

Largely

Agree

Agree

Somewhat

Neutral

Disagree Somewhat

Largely Disagree

Totally Disagree

1

Chronic back pain patients can still be expected to fulfill work and family responsibilities despite pain

       

2

An increase in pain is an indicator that chronic back pain patients should stop what they are doing until the pain decreases

       

3

Chronic back pain patients cannot go about normal life activities when they are in pain

       

4

If their pain would go away, chronic back pain patients would be every bit as active as they used to be

       

5

Chronic back pain patients should have the same benefits as the handicapped because of their chronic pain problem

       

6

Chronic back pain patients owe it to themselves and those around them to perform their usual activities when their pain is bad

       

7

Most people expect too much of chronic back pain patients, given their pain

       

8

Chronic back pain patients have to be careful not to do anything that might make their pain worse

       

9

As long as they are in pain, chronic back pain patients will never be able to live as well as they did before

       

10

When their pain gets worse, chronic back pain patients find it very hard to concentrate on anything else

       

11

Chronic back pain patients have to accept that they are disabled because of their chronic pain

       

12

There is no way that chronic back pain patients can return to doing the things that they used to do unless they find a cure for their pain

       

13

Chronic back pain patients find themselves frequently thinking about their pain and what it has done to their life

       

14

Even though their pain is always there, chronic back pain patients often do not notice it at all when they are keeping themselves busy

       

15

All of chronic back pain patients’ problems would be solved if their pain would go away