Building pain resilience in LGBTQIA+ individuals.
Megan H Ross, Joe Tatta, Janet Bezner
PMID 42434907WHAT IT FOUND
This is a conceptual position paper, not a research study.
It argues that physical therapists should move from deficit-based pain models to resilience-based, affirming approaches for LGBTQIA+ patients. No intervention was tested and no outcomes were measured.
What this paper is
This is a conceptual position paper (narrative review), not a research study. It contains no methods, no participants, no intervention, no data collection, and no results. The authors argue for a paradigm shift in how physical therapists approach chronic pain in LGBTQIA+ patients and cite other studies to support their case, but they do not report findings of their own. There is no primary outcome, no comparison group, and no effect to report.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the paper's recommendations as evidence that affirming, resilience-based pain care produces better outcomes for LGBTQIA+ patients. The authors cite other studies to build their case but did not test any intervention, measure any outcome, or compare groups. It is a call for a conceptual shift, not a demonstration that the shift works.