{"id":10539,"date":"2023-11-10T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:45:49","slug":"well-being-paradox-among-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/well-being-paradox-among-older-adults","title":{"rendered":"An Examination of the Well-Being Paradox Among Older Adults with Primary Chronic Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted February 21, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor:&nbsp;Natasha Gallant, Ph.D. Director, Aging, Residents, and Caregivers (ARC) Research Unit Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/University-of-Regina-Research-Project.png 356w, https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/University-of-Regina-Research-Project-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/University-of-Regina-Research-Project-18x7.png 18w\" src=\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/University-of-Regina-Research-Project.png\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\"> Researchers:&nbsp;Amara Kohlert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim of this study is to better understand how the well-being paradox (i.e., experiencing mental wellness while also experiencing physical illness) applies to older adults living with chronic pain in Canada. These findings could potentially influence the ways in which well-being in old age patients with chronic pain is studied and improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This survey for chronic pain, should take you no longer than 30 minutes to complete. Please note that the survey must be completed in one sitting or be reopened in the same browser to make sure no data is lost. You can choose to answer only those questions that you are comfortable answering by selecting the \u201cPrefer not to answer\u201d option. You may withdraw from the study for any reason without a need for explanation and without penalty of any sort. If you wish to withdraw from completing the survey, please click the \u201cEnd Survey\u201d button at the bottom of the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use your first name and email address to be entered into a draw for a chance to win 1 of 5 gift cards of $50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results of this study will be available by the end of August 31 2023. If you would like to receive a summary of these results, you may request a copy of the results from the Researcher or Supervisor. Please note that reaching out to the Researcher or Supervisor will result in your identity no longer being anonymous. If you wish to remain anonymous, you are welcome to access a summary of the results on the Supervisor\u2019s website at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcresearch.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.arcresearch.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project was reviewed and received approval through the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina on October 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions, or would like more information about the study, please contact the Researchers or Supervisor at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:arcresearch@uregina.ca\">arcresearch@uregina.ca<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:1-306-585-4219\">(306) 585-4219<\/a>&nbsp;or visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uregina.eu.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_57J7Jndk2uu0cT4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted February 21, 2023<br \/>\nThe aim of this study is to better understand how the well-being paradox (i.e., experiencing mental wellness while also experiencing physical illness) applies to older adults living with chronic pain in Canada. These findings could potentially influence the ways in which well-being in old age patients with chronic pain is studied and improved.<\/p>\n<p>This survey for chronic pain, should take you no longer than 30 minutes to complete. Please note that the survey must be completed in one sitting or be reopened in the same browser to make sure no data is lost. You can choose to answer only those questions that you are comfortable answering by selecting the \u201cPrefer not to answer\u201d option. You may withdraw from the study for any reason without a need for explanation and without penalty of any sort. If you wish to withdraw from completing the survey, please click the \u201cEnd Survey\u201d button at the bottom of the survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}