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American Journal of Preventive Medicine
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Pain Practice
Physiotherapy
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Burns
Physiotherapy
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust News
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Pain is a personal experience and patient–provider communication therefore an essential part of diagnosis and treatment where the patient’s perspective needs to be central. The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to investigate chronic-pain-related patient–provider communication in the context of sociodemographic variables, pain variables, perceived outcome of care, and satisfaction with health care providers. A postal questionnaire measuring socio-demographic variables, pain characteristics, pain-related health care utilization and patient–provider communication was sent to a sample of 4,500 individuals randomly drawn from the national population of Iceland.