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.

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Difference in pain level

Time frame: one month

difference between the level of pain collected within the first month of mobile application and the level of pain reported through a retrospective recall-based assessment on the 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Christian Candrian, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

00419117029

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona

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Registry information

Official study title

The Importance of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Capture the Whole Patient's Symptoms Experience in Musculo-skeletal Conditions

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2027
Study completion: 2027
First posted: Feb 28, 2024
Registry last updated: Aug 6, 2025

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