Clermont E. Dionne is professor in the Faculty of Medicine of Université Laval and chair of its Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. He is also a regular investigator in the Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Axis of the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and in the Quebec Centre of Excellence in Aging (CEVQ). He holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington (School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA). His research program focuses on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain, a problem that imposes one of the heaviest health burdens on Western societies. A member of numerous national and international committees, Dr. Dionne is the Epidemiology Section Editor of Pain, the premier pain journal. Recently, he chaired the local organizing committee of the International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care that was held in Quebec City in July 2019.
Identifying the causes of musculoskeletal pain and its consequences
In many cases, the source of pain cannot be identified, and its intensity is only weakly correlated with radiological evidence. Many factors are involved in the perception of pain and in its functional and social consequences, including biological, psychosocial, and environmental factors. Much remains to be done to understand the effects of these factors and their interactions.
Offer the best treatments to the right patients at the right time
For about 10% of patients, musculoskeletal pain becomes chronic. The development, validation, and evaluation of first-line prognostic tools are essential to make the most of available treatments.
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of treatments
Many interventions are offered to counter musculoskeletal pain. It is important to identify those that are supported by sound scientific evidence, and to determine their conditions of application.
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A prospective investigation of the prognosis of noncardiac chest pain in emergency department patients
Journal ArticleJ Psychosom Res, 186 , 2024.
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A Prospective Study of Noncardiac Chest Pain-Related Disability in Emergency Department Patients With Comorbid Anxiety Disorders
Journal ArticleJournal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 65 (1), 2024.
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New opioid prescription claims and their clinical indications: results from health administrative data in Quebec, Canada, over 14 years
Journal ArticleBMJ Open, 14 (4), 2024.
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Predictors of adverse outcomes in elders hospitalised for isolated orthopaedic trauma: a multicentre cohort study
Journal ArticleEmerg Med J, 41 (3), 2024.
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Workplace Injury Prevention and Wellness Program for Orchestra Musicians: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal ArticleJ Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 54 (9), 2024.
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Psychosocial Stressors at Work and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Men and Women: 18-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Combined Exposures
Journal ArticleCirc Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 16 (10), 2023.
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Sensitivity and specificity of algorithms for the identification of nonspecific low back pain in medico-administrative databases
Journal ArticlePain, 164 (7), 2023.
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Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Global Cognitive Function: Are Telomere Length and Low-Grade Inflammation Potential Mediators of This Association
Journal ArticleInt J Environ Res Public Health, 20 (6), 2023.
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Association between psychosocial work-related factors at midlife and arterial stiffness at older age in a prospective cohort of 1736 white-collar workers
Journal ArticleBMJ Open, 13 (9), 2023.
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Perceptions and Preoccupations of Patients and Physicians Regarding Use of Medical Cannabis as an Intervention Against Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Results from a Qualitative Study
Journal ArticleJ Pain Res, 16 , 2023.
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Active projects
- Coûts des maladies cardiovasculaires et des problèmes de santé mentale attribuables aux contraintes psychosociales au travail : Une étude longitudinale de 22 ans auprès de 9 000 cols blancs., from 2016-07-01 to 2025-03-31
- Traduction et adaptation culturelle pour le Québec d’un questionnaire mesurant l’usage médical du cannabis, from 2022-04-01 to 2024-10-30
Recently finished projects
- Disability, Employment, and Public Policies Initiative, from 2018-04-01 to 2024-03-31
- Epidemiology and prognostic implications of panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder in patients with coronary artery disease, from 2019-07-01 to 2023-07-31
- La clinique des ainés : une transition innovante des soins pour aînés fragilisés – Éviter le retour à la case départ, from 2019-04-01 to 2024-03-31
- La part du traitement de la douleur chronique non ancéreuse d’origine musculosquelettique parmi les indications cliniques de nouvelles ordonnances d’opioïdes au Québec , from 2021-04-01 to 2024-03-31