Less Pain, Better Sleep? The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Back Pain App on Sleep Quality in Individuals Suffering from Back Pain - a Secondary Analysis of App User Data.

Janosch A PriebeDaniel A Utpadel-FischlerThomas R Toelle

Published in: Journal of pain research (2020)

Our analysis underlines the relationship between pain and sleep in the clinical context. Improvement of sleep quality came along with pain reduction and vice versa. Further study should explain the exact mechanisms of action which are associated with the improvement of both symptom parameters.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
chronic pain
depressive symptoms
pain management
neuropathic pain
physical activity
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
density functional theory
quality improvement
deep learning
data analysis