"there's a pain app for that": Review of patient-targeted smartphone applications for pain management

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 557-563

  Lalloo, Chitra ^a,b   Jibb, Lindsay A ^a,b   Rivera, Jordan ^a   Agarwal, Arnav ^c   Stinson, Jennifer N ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; e Health; Pain self management; Patient oriented; Smartphone application

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEHEALTH; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84929511857     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000171     Document Type: Article

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