Automated Smart Home Assessment to Support Pain Management: Multiple Methods Analysis.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
Published Date: Nov 6, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Poorly managed pain can lead to substance use disorders, depression, suicide, worsening health, and increased use of health services. Most pain assessments occur in clinical settings away from patients' natural environments. Advances in smart home technology may allow observation of pain in the home setting. Smart homes recognizing human behaviors may be useful for quantifying functional pain interference, thereby creating new ways of assessing pain and supporting people living with pain.

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  • Roschelle L Fritz
    Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis in Sacramento, CA and Affiliate Faculty at Washington State University, Nursing & Systems Science Department, College of Nursing in Vancouver, WA.
  • Marian Wilson
    College of Nursing, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, United States.
  • Gordana Dermody
    School of Nursing & Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Perth, Australia.
  • Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
    Department of Psychology, Washington State University.
  • Diane J Cook
    Washington State University, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Pullman.

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