Pain, Postoperative
Conditions
Keywords
Pain Recorder, Device, Self-report
Brief summary
The purpose of the current study is to identify the optimal method of collection of pain intensity data. The study will compare three collection methods: a hand-written pain journal, a smartphone app, and a novel electronic pain recorder device. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of three methods and instructed to record their pain level as often as they like. The number of pain intensity recordings per day will then be compared across groups.
Detailed description
Pain is a universal experience and at the forefront of all things medicine; however, the way medical professionals deal with it lacks coherence. Clinicians often ask their patients how their pain is, but seldom document it with enough information to be useful. The purpose of this study is to determine how we can collect the most self-reported pain intensity data. The investigators will collect this data with time and date-stamped Visual Analogue Scale-a pain rating scale from 0-10-scores for each patient in the study, randomized to one of three groups (pen & paper, app, and pain recorder device). As pain is a universal experience and a hallmark sign of many disease states, having a detailed recording of the patient's pain journey is of utmost importance, and understanding that pain with further granularity can only help with the diagnosis of worsening disease, personalization of treatment, and outcomes assessment.
Interventions
DEVICEGiven novel electronic pain recording device
Patients in this arm will be given a custom-built pain recording device to see if the method of self-reported data collection has any effect on how many data points are collected.
OTHERGiven Hand-written pain journal
Patients in this arm will be given a hand-written pain journal to see if the method of self-reported data collection has any effect on how many data points are collected.
OTHERSmartphone app
Patients in this arm will be given a research smartphone with survey app to see if the method of self-reported data collection has any effect on how many data points are collected.
Sponsors
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Masking description
The three different methods are very apparent and masking wouldn't provide any benefit
Intervention model description
Post-operative orthopedic surgery patients will be randomly assigned to one of three pain collection methods and instructed to record their pain level as often as they like. The three methods of pain collection are: a hand-written pain journal, a smartphone app, and a novel electronic pain recorder device.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patient over 18 years old
Exclusion criteria
* Patient cannot use a smartphone * Patient cannot use his hands to write or press a button * Patient has a nerve catheter (has no pain) * Altered mental status * Neuropathy causing loss of pain sensation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comparing Methods for Pain Score collection | On patient discharge, up to 2 weeks | Pain Scores will be measured on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) via 3 different methods to determine the best way to collect pain intensity data. The Visual Analog Scale goes from 0-10 where 0 means no pain and 10 means maximum pain. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactMeir T Marmor, MD
Outcome results
None listed