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What's your Pain IQ?

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What percent of all physician visits are for pain?

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* 1. What percent of all physician visits are for pain?

100%

80%

50%

A medical study in Scotland found that the “best bio-mechanical sitting position” is at what degree body-thigh sitting posture?

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* 2. A medical study in Scotland found that the “best bio-mechanical sitting position” is at what degree body-thigh sitting posture?

80% (leaning forward)

135% (reclined)

180% (lying down)

90% (sitting upright)

Which of the following terms can be used to describe chronic pain?

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* 3. Which of the following terms can be used to describe chronic pain?

Illness

Condition

Syndrome

All of the above

A 2018 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded what about the relationship between opioid medication and treating back pain?

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* 4. A 2018 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded what about the relationship between opioid medication and treating back pain?

Opioids did not help pain any better than did non-opioid medication therapy

Opioids help pain in about 50% of cases

Opioids always help pain

Opioids never help pain

Chronic pain health care in the US has been estimated to cost how much per year?

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* 5. Chronic pain health care in the US has been estimated to cost how much per year?

$20 billion

$500 million

$1 million

$100 million

Chronic pain usually resolves itself over time.

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* 6. Chronic pain usually resolves itself over time.

True

False

What is the number one cause of disability in workers 45 years old and younger?

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* 7. What is the number one cause of disability in workers 45 years old and younger?

Migraine headaches

Neck pain

Knee pain

Low back pain

Medical professionals can usually find the cause of low back pain.

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* 8. Medical professionals can usually find the cause of low back pain.

True

False

Pain affects workers’ job performance.

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* 9. Pain affects workers’ job performance.

True

False

Which of the following celebrities have been hospitalized for severe back pain?

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* 10. Which of the following celebrities have been hospitalized for severe back pain?

Elizabeth Taylor

George Clooney

Burt Reynolds

Jerry Lewis

All of the above

Which of these celebrities struggle with severe chronic pain that affects their lives and careers?

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* 11. Which of these celebrities struggle with severe chronic pain that affects their lives and careers?

Paula Abdul

Melanie Griffith

Lady Gaga

Selena Gomez

All of the above

Why is Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) a particularly challenging form of chronic pain?

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* 12. Why is Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) a particularly challenging form of chronic pain?

FMS is invisible

FMS is generally resistant to medical treatment

FMS is rarely connected to a specific physical injury

All of the above

What percentage of adults is diagnosed with Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)?

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* 13. What percentage of adults is diagnosed with Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)?

12%

According to research, do women or men suffer more from chronic pain?

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* 14. According to research, do women or men suffer more from chronic pain?

Men

Women

Does pain differ from culture to culture?

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* 15. Does pain differ from culture to culture?

Yes

When is pain considered to be chronic?

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* 16. When is pain considered to be chronic?

Lasts longer than six months

When there is no clearly identifiable cause

Continues with or without visible physical injury

All of the above

Chronic pain patients can always distinguish between their pain and their need for medication.

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* 17. Chronic pain patients can always distinguish between their pain and their need for medication.

True

False

Are employees with chronic pain protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

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* 18. Are employees with chronic pain protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

Yes

According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency room visits for opioid overdoses climbed what percent between July ’16 and Sept. ’17?

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* 19. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency room visits for opioid overdoses climbed what percent between July ’16 and Sept. ’17?

20%

30%

60%

Physician Clayton Dalton (Massachusetts General Hospital) recently published an article that discussed:

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* 20. Physician Clayton Dalton (Massachusetts General Hospital) recently published an article that discussed:

In a 4-month study measuring patients with back pain using oral morphine, “the patients had become significantly more sensitive to pain by the study's end.”

An English physician in 1870 reported on morphine's tendency to "encourage the very pain it pretends to relieve."

Surgical patients randomized to receive higher doses of opioids had worse pain afterward than patients who received smaller doses or a placebo.

All of the above