Patient-Reported Wait Times and the Impact of Living with Chronic Pain on their Quality of Life: A Waiting Room Survey in Chronic Pain Clinics in Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec.
Clare E LiddyLynn CooperGeoff BellinghamTracy DeyellPablo IngelmoIsabella MorozPatricia PoulinAlexander SignerGabrielle S LoganRegina ViscaAmin ZahraiNorman BuckleyPublished in: Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur (2024)
Our findings provide real-time regional snapshots into the impact of long wait times experienced by Canadians living with chronic pain. There is an urgent need to better support patients during the waiting period. Expanding technologies such as electronic consultation hold great promise.