Prevalence of Current Chronic Pain in Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets

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dc.contributor.authorRobyn E. Shields
dc.contributor.authorTaylor A. Teckchandani
dc.contributor.authorKatie L. Andrews
dc.contributor.authorBillea Ahlgrim
dc.contributor.authorDanielle M. Caissie
dc.contributor.authorChet C. Hembroff
dc.contributor.authorJolan Nisbet
dc.contributor.authorGordon J. G. Asmundson
dc.contributor.authorGregory P. Krätzig
dc.contributor.authorR. Nicholas Carleton
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-07T22:26:37Z
dc.date.available2024-06-07T22:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-12
dc.description© 2024 The Author(s). 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. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
dc.description.abstractBackground: Nearly half of active duty Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers (i.e., 43%) report experiencing current chronic pain (i.e., pain lasting longer than 3 months). Most RCMP officers (i.e., 91%) who report chronic pain indicate that the pain started after working as RCMP officers. Baseline data on chronic pain prevalence among RCMP cadets has not been available. Aims: The current study was designed to provide cross-sectional estimates of chronic pain prevalence among RCMP cadets starting the Cadet Training Program and to assess for sociodemographic differences among participants. Methods: The RCMP Study uses a longitudinal prospective sequential experimental cohort design to create a clustered randomized trial that engages individual participants for 5.5 years. The current manuscript provides cross- sectional associations between chronic pain prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were RCMP cadets (n=770) starting the Cadet Training Program. Location, intensity (i.e., on a 0-10 scale, and days per week experienced), and duration (i.e., number of months) of chronic pain was reported. Differences across sociodemographic characteristics were examined. Results: Few RCMP cadets reported experiencing chronic pain (i.e., 10%); lower back pain was rated as the most severe in terms of intensity and duration, and second most frequently reported in number of days experienced per week. Prevalence of chronic pain was lower among RCMP cadets than RCMP officers. Conclusions: Chronic pain prevalence among active duty RCMP officers may result from or be moderated by operational duties, as well as routine aging. Future researchers could examine ways to mitigate chronic pain development during RCMP officer careers.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors disclosed the receipt of the following financial support for the research and authorship of this article: The RCMP Study is funded by support from the RCMP, the Government of Canada, and the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The development, analyses, and distribution of the current article was made possible by a generous and much-appreciated grant from the Medavie Foundation. R. N. Carleton is supported by CIPSRT, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Medavie Foundation Project Grant. G. J. G. Asmundson is supported by a University of Regina President’s Research Chair.
dc.identifier.citationRobyn E. Shields, Taylor A. Teckchandani, Katie L. Andrews, Billea Ahlgrim, Danielle M. Caissie, Chet C. Hembroff, Jolan Nisbet, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Gregory P. Krätzig & R. Nicholas Carleton (12 May 2024): Prevalence of Current Chronic Pain in Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets, Canadian Journal of Pain, DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2024.2354394
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/24740527.2024.2354394
dc.identifier.issn2474-0527
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/16351
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartofCanadian Journal of Pain
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titlePrevalence of Current Chronic Pain in Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets
dc.typejournal-article
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