Objective wearable measures and subjective questionnaires for predicting response to neurostimulation in people with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurostimulation is an effective therapy for treating and management of refractory chronic pain. However, the complex nature of pain and infrequent in-clinic visits, determining subject's long-term response to the therapy remains difficult. Frequent measurement of pain in this population can help with early diagnosis, disease progression monitoring, and evaluating long-term therapeutic efficacy. This paper compares the utilization of the common subjective patient-reported outcomes with objective measures captured through a wearable device for predicting the response to neurostimulation therapy.

Method

Data is from the ongoing international prospective post-market REALITY clinical study, which collects long-term patient-reported outcomes from 557 subjects implanted

SUBMITTER: Heros R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature