Three-Dimensional Pain Mapping

描述(由申请人提供)：这个第一阶段提案的目标是评估一种新的疼痛评估方法，称为三维疼痛映射。患者使用计算机方法在人体模型上指示他们疼痛的位置、强度和深度。模型可以由患者旋转，以获得标记疼痛的最有利的视角。动画图形还为卫生保健提供者提供了一种新的方法来查看患者报告的疼痛评估结果。一项研究旨在从100名慢性疼痛患者的角度和50名两次使用该方法的患者的子集的角度来评估三维疼痛映射的重测可靠性。这些人将从那些进入达特茅斯-希区柯克医疗中心或布里格姆妇女医院疼痛管理诊所的人中招募。还将与医生和护士举行两次圆桌会议，以确定查看患者提供的结果的最合适的图形用户界面。在这些会议期间，评估数据的例子将从使用三维疼痛图谱测试的受试者样本中提取。圆桌会议的目的是帮助设计屏幕菜单中的条目，使卫生保健提供者能够选择评估结果的各个方面，以评估患者的健康状况。疼痛管理领域的评估工具市场很大，对于第一家提供具有三维疼痛映射功能的产品的公司来说，这可能被证明是有利可图的。该产品将是一个计算机程序，将获得医院、制药公司和私人医生执业的许可。公共卫生相关性：该项目的目标是确定一种新的计算机方法的可靠性，该方法允许患者在人体的三维模型上标记疼痛的位置、强度和深度。模型可以旋转，以获得标记疼痛的最有利的视点。该项目还将召集医生和护士的两次圆桌讨论，为该方法设计一个图形用户界面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this Phase I proposal is to evaluate a new pain assessment method referred to as Three- Dimensional Pain Mapping. Patients use a computer method to indicate the location, intensity and depth of their pain on a model of the human body. The model can be rotated by the patient in order to obtain the most advantageous viewpoints for marking pain. Animated graphics also offers a new means for the health provider to view the results of patient-reported pain assessments. A study is proposed to evaluate the test-retest reliability of Three-Dimensional Pain Mapping from the standpoint of 100 patients diagnosed with chronic pain, and by a subset of 50 patients who will employ the method on two occasions. The individuals will be recruited from among those who enter the pain management clinics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center or at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Two roundtable discussions also will be held with physicians and nurses to determine the most appropriate graphical user interface for viewing the results provided by patients. During these meetings, examples of the assessment data will be taken from the subject sample tested with Three-Dimensional Pain Mapping. The goal of the roundtables is to help design the entries in an on-screen menu that will allow the health care provider to select aspects of the assessment results for evaluating the health status of patients. The market for assessment instruments in the field of pain management is large and could prove to be lucrative to the company that first offers a product with the features of Three-Dimensional Pain Mapping. The product will be a computer program that will be licensed by hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and private physician practices. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The objective of this project is to determine the reliability of a new computer method that allows patients to mark the location, intensity, and depth of pain on a three-dimensional model of the human body. The model can be rotated to obtain the most advantageous viewpoints for marking pain. The project also will convene two roundtable discussions of physicians and nurses to design a graphic user interface for the method.