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Hello:
As part of our Pain Research survey, you are invited to complete this follow-up survey. Only complete this survey if you have already completed the baseline survey AND the survey during training. It will take approximately 7 minutes to complete this questionnaire. It is very important for us to learn your opinions.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. If you find any aspect of the survey distressing you can contact Brunel University Counselling Service Tel: 01895 265070 Email: [email protected].
Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Prof Martin Buxton or Dr Louise Longworth, Tel (01895) 265443, e-mails [email protected] or [email protected]. If you have any complaints about the survey you may contact Dr David Anderson-Ford, Chair Brunel University Research Ethics Committee, tel (01895) 268731, e-mail [email protected]
Remember that we will pay £30 if you have completed ALL questionnaires. The payment will be made after we received the third follow-up survey.
We suggest you print this information for future reference
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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Instructions:
There are no right or wrong answers: please choose the answer that best reflects how you feel.
Please answer all questions. We are aware that some questions may seem repetitive and we thank you for your patience in answering all of them.
For some questions you will need to scroll down the screen to display the ‘Continue’ button.
Thank you very much for your time spent completing this questionnaire. |
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| All following questions refer to the training during which you completed the pain survey. We refer to it as the survey training. End of training is before relaxation. |
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| * What was the average level of pain you experienced during the survey training? |
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| * What was the maximum level of pain you experienced during the survey training? |
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| * What was the level of pain you experienced at the end of the survey training (before relaxation)? |
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| * What was the level of pain you experienced after relaxation? |
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| * Do you experience physical pain at the current time? |
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| Trading time to get rid of pain |
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PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
Please scroll down to read all the instructions and then click on 'Continue'.
For the following set of questions:
We are measuring pain on a 0-10 pain scale: 0 is no pain, 10 is pain as bad as you can imagine.
We will describe a level of pain and ask you imagine that you will experience that level of pain constantly for the next 20 years, after which time you will die.
We will also describe an alternative scenario where you would be pain-free but would have a shorter life (less than 20 years).
We will ask you to tell us how many pain-free years you think would be as good as living for 20 years in that level of constant pain.
Please assume that you would have no other health problems other than the pain described.
Examples are given on the next three screens. |
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Example of a response by respondent A:
Pain is measured on a 0-10 pain scale where 0 is no pain and 10 is pain as bad as you can imagine
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain of level 5, how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
A ticked circle ‘16’.
Respondent A felt that 16 years in excellent health without the pain was the equivalent (no better or worse) of 20 years in constant pain of level 5. This means that A would prefer to live 17 years (or more) without pain to 20 years in pain but A would prefer to live 20 years in pain rather than 15 years (or less) without the pain. |
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Example of a response by respondent B:
Pain is measured on a 0-10 pain scale where 0 is no pain and 10 is pain as bad as you can imagine
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain of level 9, how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
B ticked circle ‘5’.
Respondent B felt that 5 years in excellent health without the pain was the equivalent (no better or worse) of 20 years in constant pain of level 9. This means that B would prefer to live 5 years (or more) without pain to 20 years in pain but B would prefer to live 20 years in pain rather than 4 years (or less) without the pain. |
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Example of a response by respondent C:
Pain is measured on a 0-10 pain scale where 0 is no pain and 10 is pain as bad as you can imagine
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain of level 3, how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
C ticked circle ‘19’.
Respondent C felt that 19 years in excellent health without the pain was the equivalent (no better or worse) of 20 years in constant pain of level 3. This means that C would prefer to live 19 years (or more) without pain to 20 years in pain but C would prefer to live 20 years in pain rather than 18 years (or less) without the pain. |
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* Imagine that the pain is as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training (on average).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain as intense as you experienced during your survey training (on average), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training (at the end before relaxation).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain as intense as you experienced at the end of your survey training (before relaxation), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is as half as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain half as intense as you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is half as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training after relaxation.
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain half as intense as you experienced after relaxation, how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain as intense as you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is half as bad as the one you experienced survey training (on average).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain half as intense as you experienced during your survey training (on average), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is half as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training (at the end before relaxation).
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain half as intense as you experienced at the end of your survey training (before relaxation), how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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* Imagine that the pain is as bad as the one you experienced during your survey training after relaxation.
If you had 20 years to live in constant pain as intense as you experienced after relaxation, how many years in excellent health without the pain is the equivalent?
Years without the pain |
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| Willingness to pay to get rid of pain |
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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
Please scroll down to read all the instructions and then click on ‘Continue’.
Again in the scenarios below you will be asked to imagine that you have some pain rated on a 0-10 scale where 0 is no pain and 10 is pain as bad as you can imagine.
You will be asked to imagine that the pain will last continuously for 20 years and then you will die. The pain is caused by a condition which is not life threatening nor has any other health effects. There is no cure for the condition.
The scenarios differ in terms of the level of pain described.
We like to know your opinion on 2 imaginary pills:
- a ‘Wonder pill’ that relieves the pain completely and immediately
- a ‘semi-Wonder pill’ that reduces the pain immediately to half of what it was.
You would take the pill once a month and its effect would start immediately and last one month exactly.
The pills are legal for athletes and will have no consequences on your training (you will not be able to train harder) and performance. It will only work on your pain.
Both pills have no side effects and you cannot become addicted to them.
They are the only treatment available.
You cannot get the pills through the health service. They are available without a prescription but you need to pay for them yourself (one payment for each month’s treatment). |
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| Please READ carefully each of the following hypothetical scenarios before answering. |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘Wonder pill’ that relieves the pain completely and immediately and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced at the end of your survey training, after relaxation. The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘Wonder pill’ that relieves the pain completely and immediately and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced at the end of your survey training (before relaxation). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘semi-Wonder pill’ that reduces the pain immediately to half of what it was and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the semi-Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced during your survey training (on average). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘Wonder pill’ that relieves the pain completely and immediately and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced at the end of your survey training, after relaxation. The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘semi-Wonder pill’ that reduces the pain immediately to half of what it was and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the semi-Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced at the end of your survey training (before relaxation). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘Wonder pill’ that relieves the pain completely and immediately and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced during your survey training (at its maximum level). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘semi-Wonder pill’ that reduces the pain immediately to half of what it was and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the semi-Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Lets imagine.
You are in a pain as intense as the one you experienced during your survey training (on average). The pain will last continuously for the rest of your life (20 years). Remember the ‘semi-Wonder pill’ that reduces the pain immediately to half of what it was and has no side effects.
What is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay for a month's supply of the semi-Wonder pill each month? |
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| * If you are willing to pay more than £200, please say how much (£) | | |
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* Many thanks for completing this survey.
Now that you have completed ALL questionnaires, as a thank you for your time we will either give you £30 or donate £30 to the Hillingdon Hospital Charitable Trust. For administration of the payment direct to you we need some personal information. Your personal information will be kept separated from your answers to the survey that will remain anonymous.
Donations to Hillingdon Hospital Charitable Trust are used to help the hospital provide a little bit extra such as additional medical equipment, medical research, specialist training and improvements to patient facilities. |
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