Master Chronic Pain

Study Notes

Final exam covers all material from Lessons 1-11, including readings and videos.
Exam consists of multiple-choice questions and is closed-book.
15% of the exam questions will be drawn from Lesson 11 on Chronic Pain and the Placebo Effect.
Chronic pain is a common medical problem influenced by factors such as age, gender, SES, and culture.
NSAIDs and opioid analgesics are drugs used to treat pain, but opioids have a high risk of abuse, addiction, tolerance, and overdose.
Placebo effect has a physiological basis and can be influenced by patient-reported outcomes and continuous scales for reporting.
Majority of the exam questions (about 85%) will be drawn from old material.
Topics from old material include biomedical vs. biobehavioral model, prevalence & incidence, observational designs, CNS vs. PNS, immune system response to stress, pathophysiology of diseases, cancer treatment, and sleep stages.
Theories of health behavior such as HBM, TPB, and TTM will also be covered.
Understanding of key concepts such as genotype vs. phenotype, p-values, and odds ratio & relative risk is important for the exam.

Description

"Test Your Knowledge: Chronic Pain, Placebo Effect, and Health Behavior Theories" - This quiz will challenge your understanding of chronic pain, the physiological basis of the placebo effect, and key health behavior theories. With multiple-choice questions drawn from Lessons 1-11, including readings and videos, you'll need to be well-versed in topics such as the biomedical vs. biobehavioral model, prevalence & incidence, observational designs, CNS vs. PNS, immune system response to