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      Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of the Quebec population toward chronic pain: Where are we now?

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      Canadian Journal of Pain
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      chronic pain, knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, stigmatization, general population, general public, web-based survey

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          Background: Many chronic pain (CP) awareness and educational initiatives have been achieved, but it is time to take stock of where we are today.

          Aims: The aim of this study was to describe and identify determinants of knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of different subgroups of the Quebec population regarding CP and especially toward people suffering from this condition.

          Methods: A web-based, cross-sectional study was conducted between May and June 2014.

          Results: A total of 1958 participants responded, among whom 70.9% reported suffering from CP and 14.4% reported being a health care professional (HCP). Almost half of the participants were not aware that the risk of developing CP is increased after undergoing surgery or that CP affects approximately one in five adults. A minority (10.30%) agreed that HCP are well trained in CP treatment. The two most frequent negative beliefs were that people suffering from CP become dependent on their medications as do drug addicts (16.7%) and that consulting a psychologist is useless unless the person with CP is depressed (16.9%). Multiple regression analysis showed that being a woman, being born in Canada, being unemployed, suffering from CP, and being an HCP were predictors of better knowledge and more positive attitudes toward people suffering from CP (all P values < 0.05). Older age and residing in a remote region were associated with poorer knowledge and more negative attitudes.

          Conclusions: Our results underline the importance of continuing the efforts and the need for more education programs, awareness campaigns, and stigma reduction activities about CP for HCP, patients, and the general public.

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          Contexte : De nombreuses initiatives de sensibilisation et d’éducation à propos de la douleur chronique ont été réalisées mais le temps est venu de faire le point sur la situation actuelle. Objectifs : Décrire et identifier les déterminants des connaissances, des attitudes et des croyances de différents sous-groupes de la population du Québec en ce qui concerne la douleur chronique, en particulier à l’égard des personnes qui souffrent de cette condition. Méthodes : Une étude transversale en ligne a été menée entre mai et juin 2014. Résultats : Au total, 1 958 participants ont répondu, parmi lesquels 70,9 % ont déclaré souffrir de douleur chronique et 14,4 % ont déclaré être des professionnels de la santé. Près de la moitié des participants ne savaient pas que le risque de souffrir de douleur chronique augmente après une intervention chirurgicale ou que la douleur chronique affecte près d’un adulte sur cinq. Une minorité (10,30 %) était d’accord pour dire que les professionnels de la santé sont bien formés pour traiter la douleur chronique. Les deux croyances négatives les plus fréquentes étaient que les personnes souffrant de douleur chronique deviennent dépendantes à leur médication tout comme des toxicomanes (16,7 %) et qu’il est inutile de consulter un psychologue sauf si la personne souffrant de douleur chronique est déprimée (16,9 %). Une analyse de régression multiple a démontré que le fait d’être une femme, d’être né au Canada, d’être sans emploi, de souffrir de douleur chronique et d’être un professionnel de la santé étaient des prédicteurs d’une meilleure connaissance ou d’attitudes plus positives à l’égard des personnes souffrant de douleur chronique (toutes les valeurs p < 0,05). Le fait d’être plus âgé et de vivre dans une région éloignée était associé à des connaissances moindres et à davantage d’attitudes négatives. Conclusions : Nos résultats démontrent l’importance de poursuivre les efforts et qu’il est nécessaire de mettre en œuvre davantage de programmes éducatifs, de campagnes de sensibilisation et d’activités visant à réduire la stigmatisation liée à la douleur chronique destinés aux professionnels de la santé, aux patients et au grand public.

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                Journal
                Can J Pain
                Can J Pain
                Canadian Journal of Pain
                Taylor & Francis
                2474-0527
                24 October 2017
                2017
                24 October 2017
                : 1
                : 1
                : 151-160
                Affiliations
                [a ]Département des sciences de la santé, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue , Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
                [b ]Quebec Pain Research Network (QPRN), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke , QC, Canada
                [c ]Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Tour Saint-Antoine , Montréal, QC, Canada
                [d ]Département d’anesthésiologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, QC, Canada
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                CONTACT Anaïs Lacasse anais.lacasse@ 123456uqat.ca Département des sciences de la santé, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue , 445, boul. de l’Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada.
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                1369849
                10.1080/24740527.2017.1369849
                8730576
                35005351
                442eda68-a372-4e17-abb7-954e52e73004
                © 2017 Anaïs Lacasse, Manon Choinière, and Judy-Ann Connelly. Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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