Defining patient-centered, multidimensional success criteria for treatment of chronic spine pain.

Objective: This study aimed to define patient-determined success criteria for treatment of chronic spine pain across four domains: pain, fatigue, emotional distress, and interference with daily activities.

Patients: Seventy chronic spine pain patients were recruited from university-affiliated pain clinics.

Design: The study design was longitudinal, with pretreatment and post-treatment assessments.

Patient satisfaction with treatment for chronic pain: predictors and relationship to compliance.

Objectives: Patient satisfaction with treatment has been extensively researched in a variety of medical patients. However, satisfaction with treatment of chronic pain has received considerably less attention. The present study sought to identify the predictors of patient satisfaction with treatment of chronic pain.