Smartphone study of mood and symptoms in people with pain
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This study uses a smartphone app to track daily pain and mood changes over about 4 months. It’s meant to learn patterns that could help better understand how mood and pain affect each other.
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Who can take part
- Be 18 years or older
- Have your own smartphone and reliable internet
- Be able to fill out app questions in English
- For the chronic pain group: have pain for more than 6 months
- For the acute pain group: have pain for less than 3 months from recent surgery, injury, illness, or childbirth
- For the healthy control group: no pain issues like recent surgery, injury, illness, or childbirth within 3 months
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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