Design of a handheld electronic pain, treatment and activity diary
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2010-10-01Keywords
Activities of Daily Living*Computers, Handheld
Data Collection
*Electronic Health Records
*Health Records, Personal
Humans
Medical Informatics
*Pain Management
*Pain Measurement
User-Computer Interface
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
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Effective tools for recording and analyzing data on patients' pain experience, use of pain treatments, and physical function are needed to improve communication between providers and patients with noncancer chronic pain. A handheld electronic diary (HED) that can be used throughout the day may provide more useful and accurate information about pain, treatments, and function than available paper and on-line diaries that are designed to be used once daily, weekly or less often. Based on user-specified requirements we designed and built a prototype HED with 7 modules. Diary queries are followed by multiple choice responses customized to the patients' expected responses. Usability testing confirmed user comprehension and acceptability of the queries, response sets, and interface.Source
J Biomed Inform. 2010 Oct;43(5 Suppl):S32-6. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.jbi.2010.05.005Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30874PubMed ID
20937483Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jbi.2010.05.005