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Using Technology to Track Pain and Pain-related Outcomes

Description

Persistent pain is a public health epidemic. The current protocol seeks to develop technology to aid patients' tracking of patients' pain, medications and pain-related variables. The investigators seek to talk with patients in co-investigator's clinic to solicit feedback, as well as pilot test the technology with pain patients.

Conditions

Pain, Chronic
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Study Details

Study overview

Persistent pain is a public health epidemic. The current protocol seeks to develop technology to aid patients' tracking of patients' pain, medications and pain-related variables. The investigators seek to talk with patients in co-investigator's clinic to solicit feedback, as well as pilot test the technology with pain patients.

Using Technology to Track Pain and Pain-related Outcomes

Using Technology to Track Pain and Pain-related Outcomes

Condition
Pain, Chronic
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Behavioral Medicine Research Lab, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * ≥ 21 years of age
  • * Pain duration \> 3 months
  • * Average pain level of \>3 out of 10 (0=no pain; 10=worst pain imaginable)
  • * English fluency
  • * Are not scheduled to undergo any medical procedures during the course of the study
  • * Have a physician-confirmed medical diagnosis associated with chronic pain
  • * Are willing to comply with the study protocol and give written informed consent. Patients taking non-narcotic analgesics must be on a stable dose one month prior to participation.
  • * Delirium, dementia, or cognitive impairment (i.e., Mini Mental State Exam score \<24)
  • * Unstable major psychiatric disorder or history of schizophrenia
  • * Beck Depression Inventory score \>30 or report of suicidal ideation
  • * Active substance abuse;
  • * Refusal to provide access to relevant medical record information.

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Luis F Buenaver, Ph. D, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30