ArticleJMIR human factors2023
Exploring the Cross-cultural Acceptability of Digital Tools for Pain Self-reporting: Qualitative Study.
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- Scoping review of equity considerations in digitally enabled patient education interventions for self-managing chronic musculoskeletal pain.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Perspectives and Needs Regarding Remote Monitoring Technologies Among South Asian Individuals Living With Long-Term Conditions in the United Kingdom: Semistructured Interview and Focus Group Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Intersectional experiences of non-communicable diseases and health seeking strategies in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Cultural tailoring of pain management approaches: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- The current state of digital manikins to support pain self-reporting: a systematic literature review.Pain reports · 2025Review
- A Novel Framework for Quantum-Enhanced Federated Learning with Edge Computing for Advanced Pain Assessment Using ECG Signals via Continuous Wavelet Transform Images.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Strategies to optimise the health equity impact of digital pain self-reporting tools: a series of multi-stakeholder focus groups.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- SOMAScience: A Novel Platform for Multidimensional, Longitudinal Pain Assessment.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Managing Pediatric Pain in Low-Resource Emergency Settings: Barriers, Advances, and Future Directions.Sage open pediatricsReview
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Abstract
backgroundCulture and ethnicity influence how people communicate about their pain. This makes it challenging to develop pain self-report tools that are acceptable across ethnic groups.
objectiveWe aimed to inform the development of cross-culturally acceptable digital pain self-report tools by better understanding the similarities and differences between ethnic groups in pain experiences and self-reporting needs.
methodsThree web-based workshops consisting of a focus group and a user requirement exercise with people who self-identified as being of Black African (n=6), South Asian (n=10), or White British (n=7) ethnicity were conducted.
resultsAcross ethnic groups, participants shared similar lived experiences and challenges in communicating their pain to health care professionals. However, there were differences in beliefs about the causes of pain, attitudes toward pain medication, and experiences of how stigma and gender norms influenced pain-reporting behavior. Despite these differences, they agreed on important aspects for pain self-report, but participants from non-White backgrounds had additional language requirements such as culturally appropriate pain terminologies to reduce self-reporting barriers.
conclusionsTo improve the cross-cultural acceptability and equity of digital pain self-report tools, future developments should address the differences among ethnic groups on pain perceptions and beliefs, factors influencing pain reporting behavior, and language requirements.
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