The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 9 , Pages 721-728 , September 2009

Comfortably numb? Exploring satisfaction with chronic back pain visits

  • Andrea S. Wallace, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, MSC 09 5350, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, MSC 09 5350, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. Tel.: (505) 272-4142; fax: (505) 272-8901.
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  • Janet K. Freburger, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Rd, CB# 7590 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA
    • ,
  • Jane D. Darter, BA

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Rd, CB# 7590 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA
    • ,
  • Anne M. Jackman, MSW

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Rd, CB# 7590 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA
    • ,
  • Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Rd, CB# 7590 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA

Received 28 October 2008 ,Revised 1 March 2009 ,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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 Author disclosures: ASW (research support for investigator salary, NIH NINRT32 NR08856); JKF (research support for investigator salary and trips/travel, NIAMS R01 AR051970); TSC (research support for investigator salary, NIH).

 This study was funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) R01 AR051970. Funding for ASW's time was provided by NIH NINRT32 NR08856. Conduct of this study was approved by the Biomedical Institutional Review Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00205-8

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.022

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 9 , Pages 721-728 , September 2009

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