Table 2.
Participants’ characteristics
| Physicians | Pharmacists | Nurses | Physiotherapists | Psychologists | Pain specialists | Patients | Family members | Decision makers | Pain researchers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (n) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Sex, women, n (%) | 3(50) | 5(83) | 6(100) | 1(17) | 5(83) | 5(83) | 2(67) | 2(67) | 1(25) | 6(86) |
| Practice type (n) | ||||||||||
| Medical clinic | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GMF/UMF | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CLSC | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hospitals | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Private clinics | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pharmacies | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pharmaceutics | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ministry of health | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Health agency | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Region (n) | ||||||||||
| 03 – Capitale Nationale (Quebec) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 04 – Mauricie | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 05 – Estrie | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 06 – Montreal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 08 – Abitibi-Témiscamingue | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11 – Gaspésie-îles-de-la-Madeleine | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 12 – Chaudière-Appalaches | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 – Laval | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| 15 – Laurentides | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 – Montérégie | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Abbreviations: CLSC, Centre local de services communautaires (local community services center); GMF/UMF, Groupe de médecine familiale/Unité de médecine familiale (family medicine group/family medicine unit).