Feasibility and acceptability to use a smartphone-based manikin for daily longitudinal self-reporting of chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As management of chronic pain continues to be suboptimal, there is a need for tools that support frequent, longitudinal pain self-reporting to improve our understanding of pain. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of daily pain self-reporting using a smartphone-based pain manikin.

Methods

For this prospective feasibility study, we recruited adults with lived experience of painful musculoskeletal condition. They were asked to complete daily pain self-reports via an app for 30 days. We assessed feasibility by calculating pain report completion levels, and investigated differences in completion levels between subgroups. We assessed acceptability via an end-of-study questionnaire, which we analysed descriptively.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ali SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10434844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature