Changing society, changing research: integrating gender to better understand physical and psychological treatments use in chronic pain management.

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Abstract

Treatment of chronic pain should be multimodal and include pharmacological, physical, and psychological treatments. However, because various barriers to physical and psychological treatments (PPTs) exist, a better understanding of biopsychosocial factors leading to their use is relevant. This study aimed to explore the association between gender identity, gender-stereotyped personality traits, and the use of PPTs in chronic pain management. The ChrOnic Pain trEatment cohort, a self-reported data infrastructure resulting from a web-based recruitment of 1935 people living with chronic pain (Quebec, Canada) was analyzed. Gender identity was operationalized as women, men, and nonbinary. Gender-stereotyped personality traits were measured using the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (femin

SUBMITTER: Godbout-Parent M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859849 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature