GerenciaDOR™: development of digital technology by nurses for the assessment of patients with chronic pain.
Bianca Ferreira da Silva Brandão, Eliseth Ribeiro Leão
PMID 39699364WHAT IT FOUND
A nurse-developed Web App prototype for chronic pain assessment was described, but no patients or clinicians validated it, so it cannot change practice yet.
Key findings
01The prototype was designed to collect patient-reported pain areas, frequency, intensity, characteristics and questionnaire answers before a nursing consultation.
02The content was not validated with patients or other healthcare professionals.
03In the prototype, patients can select only one affected area at a time, preventing visualization of multiple affected sites simultaneously.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The prototype was not validated with patients or healthcare professionals. It lacked a database, so registration information would not be stored and password recovery could not be requested. Patients could select only one affected area at a time, so multiple pain sites were not shown simultaneously. The design was based on scientific literature and the authors' experience, not on tested patient outcomes.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the described Web App as a validated pain assessment tool. The authors state the content was not validated with patients or healthcare professionals, and the prototype lacked a database.