Exploring the effects of fitbit incentive on treatment outcomes in veterans undergoing intensive pain rehabilitation program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study compares clinical pain outcomes between patients in a pain treatment program that received a Fitbit, to patients that did not. We also explored: (1) cognitive, emotional, and psychological factors that may have impacted the decision to opt in to receiving a Fitbit; and (2) whether the choice to receive a Fitbit impacted changes in cognitive, emotional, and psychological factors following treatment.

Methods

Among 58 patients in a multidisciplinary pain treatment program at a Veterans Affairs Healthcare System hospital, 31 patients opted to receive a Fitbit as adjunct treatment, while 27 did not. This study utilized patient-reported and practitioner-collected data from the pain treatment program.

Results

Compared to the non-Fitbit group, the Fitbit

SUBMITTER: Toor T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003939 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature