Contents of JRRD Volume 44, Number 2 2007

vii Guest Editorial:
Research on pain and pain management in Veterans Health Administration: Promoting improved pain care for veterans through science and scholarship

xi Guest Editorial:
Veterans Health Administration's pain research portfolio and publications

Christine Elnitsky, PhD, RN; Martha Bryan, EdD; Robert D. Kerns, PhD

143 Effects of depression and pain severity on satisfaction in medical outpatients: Analysis of the Medical Outcomes Study

Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS; Kurt Kroenke, MD; Jason M. Sutherland, PhD; Kimberly D. McCoy, MS; Hillary Harris, MS; Colleen A. McHorney, PhD

153 Veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: What about comorbid chronic pain?

Jillian C. Shipherd, PhD; Megan Keyes, PhD; Tanja Jovanovic, PhD; David J. Ready, PhD; David Baltzell, MD; Virginia Worley, LICSW; Vanessa Gordon-Brown, MD; Cantrina Hayslett, MA; Erica Duncan, MD

167 Prevalence and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic severe pain in psychiatric outpatients

Cherie L. Villano, PsyD; Andrew Rosenblum, PhD; Stephen Magura, PhD; Chunki Fong; Charles
Cleland, PhD; Thomas F. Betzler, MD

179 Pain and combat injuries in soldiers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: Implications for research and practice

Michael E. Clark, PhD; Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS; Chester C. Buckenmaier III, MD; Ronald J. Gironda, PhD; Robyn L. Walker, PhD

195 Efficacy of selected complementary and alternative medicine interventions for chronic pain

Gabriel Tan, PhD, ABPP; Michael H. Craine, PhD; Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS; M. Kay Garcia, DrPH, MSN, RN, LAc; James Giordano, PhD; Mark P. Jensen, PhD; Shelley M. McDonald, MD; David Patterson, PhD, ABPP; Richard A. Sherman, PhD; Wright Williams, PhD; Jennie C. I. Tsao, PhD

223 Preliminary evaluation of reliability and criterion validity of Actiwatch-Score

Ronald J. Gironda, PhD; John Lloyd, PhD; Michael E. Clark, PhD; Robyn L. Walker, PhD

231 A closer look at pain and hepatitis C: Preliminary data from a veteran population

Amy K. Silberbogen, PhD; E. Amy Janke, PhD; Claire Hebenstreit, BA

245 Overview of the relationship between pain and obesity: What do we know? Where do we go next?

E. Amy Janke, PhD; Allison Collins, PhD; Andrea T. Kozak, PhD

263 Medical residents' beliefs and concerns about using opioids to treat chronic cancer and noncancer pain: A pilot study

Craig S. Roth, MD; Diana J. Burgess, PhD; Maren L. Mahowald, MD

271 Persistent benefits of rehabilitation on pain and life quality for nonambulatory patients with spinal epidural metastasis

Robert L. Ruff, MD, PhD; Suzanne S. Ruff, PhD; Xiaofeng Wang, PhD

Victor T. Chang, MD; Brooke Sorger, PhD; Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, MD; Karl A. Lorenz, MD, MSHS; Amos F. Bailey, MD; Trinh Bui, PharmD; Lawrence Weinberger, PhD; Marcos Montagnini, MD, FACP

295 Moving to new settings: Pilot study of families' perceptions of professional caregivers' pain management in persons with dementia

Martha D. Buffum, DNSc, APRN, BC, CS; Mimi Haberfelde, MS, RN, AOCN

305 Determining mild, moderate, and severe pain equivalency across pain-intensity tools in nursing home residents

Katherine R. Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN; Carol P. Vojir, PhD; Evelyn Hutt, MD; Regina Fink, RN, PhD, FAAN

315 Cognitive impairment and pain management: Review of issues and challenges

Martha D. Buffum, DNSc, APRN, BC, CS; Evelyn Hutt, MD; Victor T. Chang, MD; Michael H. Craine, PhD; A. Lynn Snow, PhD