| Items |
Strongly disagree n(%) |
Disagree n(%) |
No comment n(%) |
Agree n(%) |
Strongly agree n(%) |
| 1. If the patient can be distracted from his pain this usually means that he does not have high pain intensity. |
3(3.7) |
25(30.5) |
5(6.1) |
42(51.2) |
7(8.5) |
| 2. Respiratory distress is rarely occurs in patients who have been receiving opoids over a period of months. |
1(1.2) |
26(31.7) |
25(30.5) |
27(32.9) |
3(3.7) |
| 3. Patients with a history of substance abuse should not be given opoids for pain because they are at high risk for repeated addiction. |
2(2.4) |
10(12.2) |
14(17.1) |
43(52.4) |
13(15.9) |
| 4. Elderly patients cannot tolerate opoids for pain relief. |
6(7.3) |
35(42.7) |
16(19.5) |
24(29.3) |
1(1.2) |
| 5. The patient with pain should be encouraged to indure as much pain as possible before resorting to a pain relief measure. |
5(6.1) |
26(31.7) |
6(7.3) |
41(50) |
4(4.9) |
| 6. Children less than 11 years cannot report pain with reliability, and therefore the nurse should rely on the parents’ assessment of the child’s pain intensity. |
3(3.7) |
23(28) |
12(14.6) |
44(53.7) |
0 |
| 7. Giving patients sterile water by injection (placebo) is often a useful test to determine if the pain is real. |
7(8.5) |
16(19.5) |
6(7.3) |
26(31.7) |
27(32.9) |
| 8. The first assessor of pain should be the patient him/herself. |
8(9.8) |
26(31.7) |
22(26.8) |
11(13.4) |
15(18.3) |
| 9. Opoids used in cancer pain management do result in addiction. |
3(3.7) |
17(20.7) |
15(18.3) |
25(30.5) |
22(26.8) |
