A Mobile App for Postoperative Pain Management Among Older Veterans Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study.
Jessica Kelley MorganCaitlin R RawlinsSteven K WaltherAndrew HarveyAnnmarie O'DonnellMarla GreeneTroy G SchmidtPublished in: JMIR perioperative medicine (2023)
Results of this study revealed that the use of a mobile app for pain and medication management during postoperative recovery was both feasible and acceptable in older veterans undergoing total knee arthroplasty within the Veterans Health Administration. The wide variation in opioid consumption across participants revealed the potential use of the mobile app to provide actionable insights to clinicians if adopted more widely.
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