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| Items in the questionnaire | Correct answers number (%) | Neither agree nor disagree answers number (%) |
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| Q1 “Giving narcotics on a regular schedule is preferred over as needed (PRN) schedule for continuous pain” | 456 (68.9) | 50 (7.6) |
| Q2 “A patient should experience discomfort prior to giving the next dose of pain meds” | 192 (29) | 84 (12.7) |
| Q3 “When a patient requests increasing amounts of analgesics to control pain, this usually indicates that the patient is psychologically dependent” | 167 (25.2) | 123 (18.6) |
| Q4 “The most accurate judge of the intensity of the patient’s pain is the patient” | 473 (71.5) | 95 (14.4) |
| Q5 “Staff can always pick up cues from children that indicate that they are in pain” | 122 (18.4) | 99 (15) |
| Q6 “Children cry all the time, therefore, diversional activities are indicated rather than actual pain meds” | 150 (22.7) | 134 (20.2) |
| Q7 “Because narcotics can cause respiratory depression, they should not be used in pediatric patients” | 291 (44) | 116 (17.5) |
| Q8 “The most suitable dose of morphine for a patient in pain is a dose that best controls the symptoms; there is no maximum dose” | 310 (46.8) | 74 (11.2) |
| Q9 “It may often be useful to give a placebo to a patient in pain to assess if he is genuinely in pain” | 159 (24) | 126 (19) |
| Q10 “For effective treatment of cancer pain it is necessary to continuously assess the pain and the efficacy of the therapy” | 579 (87.5) | 45 (6.8) |
| Q11 “It is a patient’s right to expect total pain relief as a consequence of treatment” | 522 (78.9) | 73 (11) |
| Q12 “Lack of pain expression does not mean lack of pain” | 471 (71.1) | 74 (11.2) |
| Q13 “Estimation of pain by an M.D. or R.N. is as valid a measure of pain as a patient’s self-report” | 178 (26.9) | 131 (19.8) |
| Q14 “Patients having severe chronic pain often need higher dosages of pain meds than patients with acute pain” | 244 (36.9) | 96 (14.5) |
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