Perception of Older Adults Toward Smartwatch Technology for Assessing Pain and Related Patient-Reported Outcomes: Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain, including arthritis, affects about 100 million adults in the United States. Complexity and diversity of the pain experience across time and people and its fluctuations across and within days show the need for valid pain reports that do not rely on patient's long-term recall capability. Smartwatches can be used as digital ecological momentary assessment (EMA) tools for real-time collection of pain scores. Smartwatches are generally less expensive than smartphones, are highly portable, and have a simpler user interface, providing an excellent medium for continuous data collection and enabling a higher compliance rate.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of older adults towards design and technological aspects of

SUBMITTER: Manini TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454335 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature