A systematic review of smartphone applications for chronic pain available for download in the United States
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OBJECTIVE: A Smartphone app could be useful in aiding patients in self-monitoring and self-managing their chronic pain-related symptoms. The purpose of this study was to systematically review English-language pain-related Smartphone apps available for download in the United States. DESIGN: During July 2012, official Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone Smartphone app platform stores were searched. "Pain" was entered into the search-bar of each Smartphone app store. Of the pain apps meeting inclusion criteria, the following were retrieved: release date, download cost (US dollars [US $], file size, documentation of a healthcare professional's (HCP) involvement in app development, primary purpose of the app (pain education, pain self-management, or a combination of pain education and self-management), targeted pain-related condition(s), and inclusion of features that addressed four common self-monitoring and/or management strategies. RESULTS: Of the 220 apps meeting inclusion criteria, the majority were available through the iPhone (80.0 percent). The cost for downloading each app ranged from US $0.00 to 89.99; however, the majority of apps were ≤US $4.99. There was no evidence of HCP involvement in the development of the majority of apps (65.0 percent). Chronic, nonspecific pain was the focus of half (50.5 percent) of the apps, followed by back and/or neck pain (25.9 percent). The primary purpose of the apps was categorized as follows: pain education (n = 53, 24.1 percent), pain self-management (n = 137, 62.3 percent), and both pain education and self management (n = 30, 13.6 percent). CONCLUSION: Overall, most of the pain-related apps included within our review not only lacked evidence of HCP input regarding development but also contained few evidence-based pain management features.
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Reviews have evidenced that randomized controlled trials evaluating the usefulness of mHealth tools are lacking in the chronic pain literature.
“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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- Authors
- Wallace, P., & Dhingra, P.
- Venue
- Journal of Opioid Management
- Publisher
- Weston Medical Publishing
- Published
- 2014-01-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-68
- ISSN
- 1551-7489 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2059040501
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 10
- FWCI
- 25.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Opioid Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- mobile application, chronic pain, pain self-management, pain education, self-monitoring, app store search, healthcare professional involvement, app cost, neck and back pain
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Patient Education as Topic, Self Care, United States, Telemedicine, Computers, Handheld, Cell Phone, Chronic Pain
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