Purpose and Goals

Are you living with chronic pain?

By 2025 up to 8.3 million Canadians may live with chronic pain, with numbers expected to hit 9.0 million by 2030 (Canadian Pain Task Force, 2021).

Researchers in the BRAIN lab from the University of Victoria are investigating the effects of cannabis use on physical, psychosocial, and cognitive health outcomes in aging Canadians living with chronic pain.

We aim to:
1) Identify what factors contribute to reduced (or improved) quality of life in Canadians living with chronic pain
2) Better understand how cannabis use effects health outcomes and quality of life in this population
3) Inform healthcare professionals, public health stakeholders, and Canadians with lived experience of the potential benefits and risks of choosing cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain symptoms

What is Involved?

There are two parts to this study:
1) Online questionnaires (~45-60 minutes)
2) Online cognitive assessment (~30 minutes)
You will be compensated for your time with a $20 electronic gift card.

Eligibility

Eligible participants must:
-Reside in Canada
-Be at least 45 years old
-Be living with chronic pain (constant or intermittent pain lasting >3months)
-Either:
1) Use any cannabis product regularly (at least once a week)
2) Have not used cannabis products in the past 10 years

We aim to recruit a diverse group of Canadians in our study.

This study has been approved by the University of Victoria Research Ethics Board (REB#24-0128)

Contact

To participate, please fill out the form below or email pain_cannabis_study@uvic.ca. We look forward to hearing from you!