The Utilization of Mobile Phone Technology to Quantitatively Assess Functional Outcomes of Chronic Pain Patients- A Feasibility Study

Mobile technology can be used to passively capture data tracing features and fluctuations of patients' daily activities, including activity levels, location patterns, sleep, and a wide variety of other health-relevant metrics. This data can then be combined with contextual recall, collected through a mobile app, to enhance passively captured behavioral data. The resulting data collection is objective, real-time, and contextual, thus addressing the pitfalls of conventional measurement of pain treatment outcomes.