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REPORT NUMBER 95
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.|  .|  Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire - PSOCQ|  |  Date Given: <.Date_Given.>|  Clinician: <.Staff_Ordered_By.>|  Location: <.Location.>|  |  Veteran: <.Patient_Name_Last_First.>|  SSN: 
I realize now that it's time for me to come up with a better plan to cope with my pain problem.|      <*Answer_6546*>|  12. I am beginning to wonder if I need to get some help to cope with my pain 
problem.|      <*Answer_6547*>|  13. I have recently figured out that it's up to me to deal better with my pain.|      <*Answer_6548*>|  14. I have recently come to the conclusion that it's time for 
me to change how I cope with my pain.|      <*Answer_6549*>|  15. I'm starting to wonder whether it's up to me to manage my pain rather than relying on physicians.|      <*Answer_6550*>|  16. I have 
been thinking that doctors can only help so much in managing my pain and that the rest is up to me.|      <*Answer_6551*>|  17. I have been wondering if there is something I could do to manage my 
pain better.|      <*Answer_6552*>|  |  Action:|  18. I am developing new ways to cope with my pain.|      <*Answer_6553*>|  19. I have started to come up with strategies to help myself control my 
pain.|      <*Answer_6554*>|  20. I'm getting help learning some strategies for coping better with my pain.|      <*Answer_6555*>|  21. I am learning to help myself control my pain without doctors.|  
    <*Answer_6556*>|  22. I am testing out some coping skills to manage my pain better.|      <*Answer_6557*>|  23. I am learning ways to control my pain other than with medications or surgery.|      
<*Answer_6558*>|  |  Maintenance:|  24. I have learned some good ways to keep my pain problem from interfering with my life.|      <*Answer_6560*>|  25. When my pain flares up, I find myself 
automatically using coping strategies that have worked in the past, such as relaxation exercise or mental distraction.|      <*Answer_6561*>|  26. I am using some strategies that help me better deal 
with my pain problem on a day-to-day basis.|      <*Answer_6562*>|  27. I use what I have learned to help keep my pain under control.|      <*Answer_6563*>|  28. I am currently using some suggestions 
<.Patient_SSN.>|  DOB: <.Patient_Date_Of_Birth.> (<.Patient_Age.>)|  Gender: <.Patient_Gender.>|  |       PSOCQ Scale Scores|   |        Precontemplation: <-Precontemplation->|           
people have made about how to live with my pain problem.|      <*Answer_6564*>|  29. I have incorporated strategies for dealing with my pain into my everyday life.|      <*Answer_6565*>|  30. I have 
made a lot of progress in coping with my pain.|      <*Answer_6566*>|  |  |  Information contained in this note is based on a self-report assessment and is not sufficient to use alone for diagnostic 
purposes.  Assessment results should be verified for accuracy and used in conjunction with other diagnostic activities and procedures.|    $~
Contemplation: <-Contemplation->|                  Action: <-Action->|             Maintenance: <-Maintenance->|  |  Questions and Answers|  |  Precontemplation:|  1. I have tried everything that 
people have recommended to manage my pain and nothing helps.|      <*Answer_6536*>|  2. My pain is a medical problem and I should be dealing with physicians about it.|      <*Answer_6537*>|  3. 
Everybody I speak with tells me that I have to learn to live with my pain, but I don't see why I should have to.|      <*Answer_6538*>|  4. I still think despite what doctors tell me, there must be 
some surgical procedure or medication that would get rid of my pain.|      <*Answer_6539*>|  5. The best thing I can do is find a doctor who can figure out how to get rid of my pain once and for 
all.|      <*Answer_6540*>|  6. Why can't someone just do something to take away my pain?|      <*Answer_6541*>|  7. All of this talk about how to cope better is a waste of my time.|      
<*Answer_6542*>|  |  Contemplation:|  8. I have been thinking that the way I cope with my pain could improve.|      <*Answer_6543*>|  9. I have recently realized that there is no medical cure for my 
pain condition, so I want to learn some ways to cope with it.|      <*Answer_6544*>|  10. Even if my pain doesn't go away, I am ready to start changing how I deal with it.|      <*Answer_6545*>|  11.