“You know, we’re all human beings”: A qualitative study on the perceived needs of people experiencing chronic pain with regard to physiotherapy services
Our findings show that the needs of people living with chronic pain are multiple, deeply interconnected, and shaped by organizational and systemic contexts. Improving the responsiveness of physiotherapy services therefore requires moving beyond individual-level strategies to address these broader forces. A comprehensive, systemwide approach is essential to meaningfully meet patients' needs.
Authors
- Jonathan Gervais-Hupé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1119-8601)
- Kadija Perreault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-9661)
- Arthur Filleul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-9069)
- Anne Hudon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-0343)
- Isabelle Gaboury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-9888)
- Fatiha Loukili
- Céline Charbonneau
- Timothy H. Wideman
Institutions
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (FR)
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CA)
- Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures (CA)
- Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (FR)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CA)
- Centres Intégré Universitaires de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Institut des langues et cultures d'Europe, Amérique, Afrique, Asie et Australie (FR)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
- Ashland (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Pain
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2026.2615474
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation
- Université de Montréal
- Réseau Provincial de Recherche en Adaptation-Réadaptation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research