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Patient education is a central component in high-quality integrated care of
patients with chronic pain. The current study assessed patients' satisfaction
with a 12 wk "Pain Education School" program within the initial 2 yr phase of
implementation. A mixed-method treatment outcome design was used. A sample of 219
veterans between November 6, 2009, and January 20, 2012, was evaluated.
Quantitative findings suggest that patients reported learning "new and useful"
information (mean = 4.62 +/- 0.82), perceived the program as "easy to understand"
(4.62 +/- 0.70), used the learned information (4.58 +/- 0.77), and recommended
the program to others (4.71 +/- 0.74). Four thematic maps emerged from the
qualitative data. Response percentages were calculated in order to illustrate the
relative magnitude of emerging themes and subthemes corresponding to participant
extracts.

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