Experiences of Health Care Access Challenges for Back Pain Care Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Canada: Protocol for Cross-sectional Research

Katie Crockett   ¹ , BSc, MPT, PhD ;   Stacey Lovo   ¹ , BScPT, MSc, PhD ;   Alison Irvine   ¹ , MPH ;   Catherine Trask   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Sarah Oosman   ¹ , BSc, BScPT, MSc, PhD ;   Veronica McKinney   ⁴ , MD, CCFP ;   Terrence McDonald   ⁵ , MD, MSc ;   Nazmi Sari   ⁶ , PhD ;   Bertha Carnegie   ⁷ ;   Marie Custer   ⁷ ;   Stacey McIntosh   ⁷ ;   Brenna Bath   ^{1, 3} , BScPT, MSc, PhD

¹ School of Rehabilitation Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

² Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems (Medicinteknik och Hälsosystem), School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology, & Health (Kemi, Bioteknologi och Hälsa), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

³ Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

⁴ College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

⁵ Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ Department of Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

⁷ Patient Partner, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada