Behavioral Pain Assessment Implementation in Long-Term Care Using a Tablet App: Case Series and Quasi-Experimental Design.

Mahnoor Zahid Natasha L Gallant Thomas Hadjistavropoulos Eleni Stroulia

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

This study provides support for the use of either the tablet app or the paper-and-pencil version of the PACSLAC-II to improve pain-related quality indicators, but a reported preference for and lower levels of stress and burnout with the use of the tablet app method of administration suggests that the use of the tablet app may have more advantages compared with the paper-and-pencil method of administration.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
primary care
quality improvement
spinal cord injury
drug induced
postoperative pain