Actively Recruiting
Comparing Reports Recorded by the Patients at the Time at Which They Feels Pain to What Patients Report at Monthly Visits to Assess Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Diseases.
Led by Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona · Updated on 2025-08-06
1500
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
351 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Patients will be introduced to the use of a mobile application for their smartphone to record the Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). This app will ask the patients to assess their pain and function two times daily for 2 months. After 1 month and at the end of the 2 months, follow-up visits will be performed and patients will be asked to retrospectively evaluate the pain that they suffered and the level of function they had during the last month.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Comparing Reports Recorded by the Patients at the Time at Which They Feels Pain to What Patients Report at Monthly Visits to Assess Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Diseases.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Symptomatic patients
- Patients able to give informed consent and to follow the protocol of the study (i.e. able to use a smartphone)
- Patients >18 years
- BMI <35 and >18.5
- Patients with a smartphone with Android or iOS as operative systems
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients unable to follow the protocol of the study (i.e. unable to use a smartphone, not owning a smartphone or unwilling to download or use the application)
- Patients with a diagnosis of a musculoskeletal injury but without symptoms
- Patients without a radiological examination confirming the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disease
- Patients with planned surgery in the following 60 days
- Pregnant or lactating woman
- Patients with other diseases causing pain in the involved joint (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatologic diseases).
- Surgical treatment in the last year and intra-articular injection in the last 6 months
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Italy
Actively Recruiting
2
EOC - Orthopaedics and Traumatology Service
Lugano, Switzerland, 6900
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Christian Candrian, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
0
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