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Brief Title: Qualitative Study for Pain Measurement Using Innovative Health Technology
Official Title: Qualitative Study for Pain Measurement Using Innovative Health Technology (QualiPain)
Study ID: NCT03727373
Brief Summary: The present study is a multicenter, explorative, qualitative study. The primary endpoint of this study is to evaluate to which extent the collection of data with regard to pain caused by illness or treatment can be optimized using health technology solutions. For this evaluation semi-structured qualitative interviews with 8-10 patients will be conducted. Secondary variables are the evaluation of the patients' pain experience and the general patients' willingness to collect data with regard to pain by using technological devices themselves or with support of healthcare professionals.
Detailed Description: The present multicenter study is an explorative, qualitative study. It shall be evaluated from the patients' point of view if and how the collection of data with regard to pain, caused by illness or treatment, can be optimized using health technology solutions. A health technology solution could for example be an app for registering the intensity and localization of pain. The aim of this study is to examine, if such a solution would be accepted by patients with acute or chronic pain and how a fitting solution should be designed to meet the patients' requirements. Existing methods for pain measurement as well as possibilities for the development of new methods will be examined and evaluated during the interviews. To arguable this issue the interviews comprise different topics like: * the patients pain experience in everyday life, e.g. how the patients cope with pain in everyday life and how and if this is documented; * experiences with and the thought of regular pain recording; * an evaluation if patients tend to be willing to record their pain using technological devices by themselves or rather with support of healthcare professionals. It is the aim to use the results of this study for the development of a new and improved version of pain registration. The results of the study will be summarized in a report and handed over to a startup company. Thereupon the startup company has the possibility to develop a technological solution that represents the patients' need at its best.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Lübeck and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck, , Germany
Name: Dirk Rades, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: Dep. of Radiation Oncology, Univ. Medical Center S-H Campus Lübeck (Germany)
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR