Research
General Pain
Pitt + Me (PI: Jonassaint)
The aim of this study is to compare Painimation to other pain rating methods such as PainDetect, McGill and standard 0-10 scale in 2000 patients with different type of chronic pain.
Chronic Pain Clinic (PI: Jonassaint)
The aim was to develop and test Painimation, a novel tool that uses graphic visualizations and animations instead of words or numeric scales to assess pain quality, intensity, and course. This study examined the utility of abstract animations as a measure of pain in 170 chronic pain clinic patients.
IOS app (PI: Jonassaint)
The aim of this study is to compare Painimation to the numerical pain scale (0-10) and to objectively measured activity (steps and calories burned from the user’s phone).
Chronic Pain Clinic: Using animations may be a faster and more patient-centered method for assessing pain and is not limited by age, literacy level, or language; however, more data are needed to assess the validity of this approach.
Abstract Animations for the Communication and Assessment of Pain in Adults: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study. Jonassaint CR, Rao N, Sciuto A, Switzer GE, De Castro L, Kato GJ, Jonassaint JC, Hammal Z, Shah N, Wasan A. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Aug 3;20(8):e10056. doi: 10.2196/10056. PMID: 30076127; PMCID: PMC6098242.
Pitt + Me
Pitt + Me Website
Chronic Pain Clinic
Dr. Charles Jonassaint | cjonassaint@pitt.edu
IOS App
Dr. Sophy Perdomo | SJP80@pitt.edu