Development of a sound communication tool for pain

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670689
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Anesthesiology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAE AYA 大阪大学, 免疫学フロンティア研究センター, 特任准教授(常勤) (60379170)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 疼痛

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to analyze how patients expressed their pain using questionnaires (such as SF-MPQ2) and we analyzed the data of patients both with chronic pain, and with mental disorders with different pain sensitivity. In order to distinguish individual differences to preceive sounds, we focused on differences in the character tendencies of patients with pain and healthy subjects. As a result, it is suggested that the influence on the emotional aspect of pain at this time is strong in persistent pain, and the high score of the emotional aspect of pain leads to the difficulty of daily life. In conclusion it became clear that patient's symptom grasp needs to focus on persistent pain rather than strong intermittent pain.

Free Research Field

疼痛医学