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Assessing patient concerns is associated with positive outcomes. Patient concerns are handled differently by different clinical specialties. Various methodologies have been used for concern assessment. Interviews and questionnaires can often yield different results.

Patients are accompanied to the pain clinic with a typically positive influence on doctor patient relationship and communication. Awareness of these issues is important in good communication in the pain clinic.

The duration of opening statements of patients attending a chronic pain clinic consultation when systematically studied takes a very short amount of time. It is important that all interruptions should be avoided. Our findings should encourage physicians to allow patients to complete their opening statements un-interruptedly in the chronic pain clinic.

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