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ArticleBMC research notes2021

Pain-Track: a time-series approach for the description and analysis of the burden of pain.

Wladimir J Alonso, Cynthia Schuck-Paim

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Article in BMC research notes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wladimir J AlonsoEpidemiology Research Group EPIDOT, Department of Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. wladimir.j.alonso@welfarefootprint.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-0801
Cynthia Schuck-PaimWelfare Footprint Project, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9760-7786
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo present the Pain-Track, a novel framework for the description and analysis of the pain experience based on its temporal evolution, around which intensity and other attributes of pain (texture, anatomy), interventions and clinical symptoms can be registered. This time-series approach can provide valuable insight on the expected evolution of the pain typically associated with different medical conditions and on time-varying (risk) factors associated with the temporal dynamics of pain.

resultsWe illustrate the use of the framework to explore hypotheses on the temporal profile of the pain associated with an acute injury (bone fracture), and the magnitude of the pain burden it represents. We also show that, by focusing on the critical dimensions of the pain experience (intensity and time), the approach can help map different conditions to a common scale directly relating to the experiences of those who endure them (time in pain), providing the basis for the quantification of the burden of pain inflicted upon individuals or populations. An electronic version for data entry and interpretation is also presented.

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PainHumansPain MeasurementBurden assessmentPainpain profilePain scalesquantitative measurementTime-series

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PMID34090484
PMCPMC8180079
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