Researchers Develop Tool to Further Understand Pain
Understanding the daily pain experience of individuals suffering from chronic pain is an ongoing task for researchers. A recent study focused on a tool called the comprehensive Ecological Momentary Assessment of pain (cEMAp), which is designed to collect real-time data about pain as people go about their daily lives.
Both Stephen Pratscher and Roger Fillingim, worked alongside researchers from the University of Southern California. Together, they developed the tool, which covers 12 key areas of pain! Results were promising, with users finding the tool easy to use and comprehensive without interfering with their daily lives!
The article, “Development and preliminary testing of a comprehensive Ecological Momentary Assessment of people with chronic pain” explores the tool and how it was implemented! It has been published in The Journal of Pain!
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