Defining and Predicting Pain Volatility in Users of the Manage My Pain App: Analysis Using Data Mining and Machine Learning Methods.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
PMID: 30442636

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Measuring and predicting pain volatility (fluctuation or variability in pain scores over time) can help improve pain management. Perceptions of pain and its consequent disabling effects are often heightened under the conditions of greater uncertainty and unpredictability associated with pain volatility.

Authors

  • Quazi Abidur Rahman
    Centre for Disease Modelling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Tahir Janmohamed
    ManagingLife, Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Meysam Pirbaglou
    School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Hance Clarke
    Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Paul Ritvo
    School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Jane M Heffernan
    Centre for Disease Modelling, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Joel Katz
    School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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