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Smartphone applications for pain management
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Smartphone applications (or apps) are becoming increasingly popular. The lack of regulation or guidance for health-related apps means that the validity and reliability of their content is unknown. We have conducted a review of available apps relating to the generic condition of pain. The official application stores for five major smartphone platforms were searched: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Nokia/Symbian and Windows Mobile. Apps were included if they reported a focus on pain education, management or relief, and were not solely aimed at health-care professionals (HCPs). A total of 111 apps met the inclusion criteria. The majority of apps reviewed claimed some information provision or electronic manual component. Diary tracking of pain variables was also a common feature. There was a low level of stated HCP involvement in app development and content. Despite an increasing number of apps being released, the frequency of HCP involvement is not increasing. Pain apps appear to be able to promise pain relief without any concern for the effectiveness of the product, or for possible adverse effects of product use. In a population often desperate for a solution to distressing and debilitating pain conditions, there is considerable risk of individuals being misled.
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“Overall, the findings show that the majority of available applications do not follow evidence-based guidelines, do not involve health care providers or experts in the development process, and have not undergone any scientific studies of effect and/or validity.”
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“Previous reviews of smartphone apps focused mainly on those developed by Apple Inc. 3,30”
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“The app, which has been developed by a multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, psychologists and engineers following guidelines on pain research and eHealth [38,39,40,41], was found to have valid content”
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“In fact, although it has been argued that mobile technology (mHealth)—especially the use of smartphone apps—facilitates this paradigm shift towards telemonitoring in chronic pain care, reviews on this topic have evidenced that randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating the usefulness of these tools are lacking in the chronic pain literature [39,41,43,44,45].”
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“One significant challenge is the lack of guidance and involvement of health care providers and intended users in the development process [21,27,32-37].”
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“There is a need for research in this field because many applications seem to have been developed without the involvement of a health care professional and, to our knowledge, none have been tested in randomized trials [22].”
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Zeitgemäße ärztliche Verlaufs- und Erfolgskontrolle mit der "Migräne-App"
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“A similar lack of scientific support for commercially available mental health–targeted [37-39] and pain [25,40] apps has been reported by other investigators.”
ResultNew information and communication technologies for pain
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An Online Mindfulness Intervention for Pain and Wellbeing
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Development of an APP Helpful to Manage Patients with Low Back Pain
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“Unfortunately, often the software is developed without aid of specific clinical expertise.(2) The focus on low back pain (LBP) is due to his prevalence between general practitioners (GP), showed in a recent review(3) that denotes that 26% of Italian people suffers of chronic pain and the back was involved in 42%; 43%…”
BackgroundClinical Presentation of Tinnitus and a Review of, and Evidence Base for, Tinnitus Applications
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Development of Ambient Assisted Living Products and Services
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Customization of Graphical Visualization for Health Parameters in Health Care Applications
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“[4] researchers said that health-related rules for applications or lack of guidance material are accurate and reliable.”
BackgroundInforming App Design to Reduce Self-Management Challenges Identified for Chronic Disease
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“Smartphones are now part of our daily lives and are increasingly popular with chronically ill patients [8].”
BackgroundDigital Therapeutics for the Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Present Situation of Mobile Medical Applications
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“BA Rosser and other [7] studied 4 operating systems, a total of 111 App about management of pain.”
BackgroundRole of Emerging Technologies in Geriatric Pain Management
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rosser, B. A., & Eccleston, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Bath (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Eccleston, Christopher
- Venue
- Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-08-15
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 308-312
- ISSN
- 1357-633X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-1109
- OpenAlex
- W2127728884
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 55.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/F002815/1, EP/F001916/1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Keywords
- mobile application, pain management, pain education, health apps, app regulation, electronic manuals, misleading health claims, consumer health information
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Medical Records, Cell Phone, Chronic Pain, Pain Management
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