Researchers from the Universitat Jaume I, the University of Barcelona and CIBERobn Health Institute Carlos III have developed an application for mobile phones and tablets used to assess and monitor the impact of pain on the lives of patients with chronic pain and the effectiveness of their treatment.
The "Pain Monitor" software collects relevant information on how each person experiences pain and the influence of environmental and social conditions in this experience. The tool improves clinical evaluation and treatment, especially in patients with chronic pain, and is also useful in the development of drugs against pain by allowing to assess their effectiveness.
The content of the app has been developed following the recommendations of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement and Evaluation of Pain in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) and facilitates patient follow-up for 30 days, with two daily records with brief questions about their mood, the type of pain, its location, the medication that has been taken or its consequences in daily life, sleep, work or physical activity.
In addition, the software allows to record the same data when patients have a seizure of acute pain, thus facilitating the knowledge of professionals on the frequency of episodes and its emotional consequences. The app also enables to store data of contextual variables and weather information.
Theapplication helpsto detect faster the cases where the medication against pain is not effective and to avoid the side effects of a treatment that is not effective. Its main advantages are that it enables to obtain an individual profile of the experience of pain; collects information daily and at the same time that the episode of pain is being experienced, and their use in mobile phones and tablet devices is simple.
This new software has been registered and validated in field studies. It is ready for installation and use on Android devices, and the app would be useful for sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry and the development of more effective drugs against pain; hospitals and centres devoted to the care of patients with chronic pain, and clinical trials and research in clinical psychology centres.
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