DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The prevalence of untreated moderate to severe pain may be as high as 25 percent in the United States. Pain is the primary symptom that prompts individuals to seek medical attention, but it is extremely difficult to measure.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For patients with respiratory disease the symptom of breathlessness (dyspnea) is the most frequent reason for seeking medical attention. Current methods for measuring breathlessness have patients provide ratings each minute during an… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The prevalence of untreated moderate to severe pain may be as high as 25 percent in the United States. In order to measure the effectiveness of treatment, outcome measures of a patient's perceptions have become increasingly… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase I proposal is to refine and field test a computerized judgment method called Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids (DAHA). This method uses an intuitive graphical computer interface to record visual analogue ratings of a patient's satisfaction… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this research is to evaluate a computer-assisted, continuous method for measuring breathlessness during exercise. The method represents a new approach to obtain subjective ratings from patients exercising on a cycle ergometer or treadmill.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this research is to evaluate a computer-assisted, continuous method for measuring breathlessness during exercise. The method represents a new approach to obtain subjective ratings from patients exercising on a cycle ergometer or treadmill.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The prevalence of untreated moderate to severe pain may be as high as 25% in the United States. In order to measure the effectiveness of treatment, outcome measures of patient perceptions have become increasingly important in hospital and health settings.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The prevalence of untreated moderate to severe pain may be as high as 25% in the United States. In order to measure the effectiveness of treatment, outcome measures of patient perceptions have become increasingly important in hospital and health settings.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a continuing need in clinical practice for valid and reliable instruments that measure an individual's subjective experience of pain. Recent standards issued by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations state that pain is one… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a continuing need in clinical practice for valid and reliable instruments that measure an individual's subjective experience of pain. Recent standards issued by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations state that pain is one… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For patients with respiratory disease the symptom of breathlessness (dyspnea) is the most frequent reason for seeking medical attention. Current methods for measuring the impact of breathlessness on activities of daily living rely on face-to-face interviews… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus of this Phase II proposal is a computer-based method called the Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids (DAHA). The method uses an intuitive graphical interface to record visual analogue ratings of a patient's satisfaction with various facets of his/her… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For patients with respiratory disease the symptom of breathlessness (dyspnea) is the most frequent reason for seeking medical attention. Current methods for measuring the impact of breathlessness on activities of daily living rely on face-to-face interviews… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing concerns about the management of children's pain and its treatment make pain assessment in children a high medical priority. Currently, the dominant clinical technique has children indicate pain by selecting from among a set of static, stylized facial… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing concerns about the management and treatment of children's pain/mood make quantitative assessment in children a high medical priority. Currently, the dominant clinical technique has children indicate only their p ain by selecting from among a set of… More

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 pa in on a model of the human body. The model… More