A study has found that about one-third of pain management-related applications were created without any obvious input from a healthcare professional, according to an American Medical News report.
The study findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine in April 10 to 14. For the study, researchers analyzed 222 pain management-related smartphone apps available for Android, iPhone and Blackberry devices.
Of the apps reviewed:
• About one-third had no obvious input from a healthcare professional.
• About one-third had an indeterminate amount of input from a healthcare professional.
• Twenty-seven percent had obvious input from a physician.
• Eight percent had input from a non-physician healthcare worker.
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The study findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine in April 10 to 14. For the study, researchers analyzed 222 pain management-related smartphone apps available for Android, iPhone and Blackberry devices.
Of the apps reviewed:
• About one-third had no obvious input from a healthcare professional.
• About one-third had an indeterminate amount of input from a healthcare professional.
• Twenty-seven percent had obvious input from a physician.
• Eight percent had input from a non-physician healthcare worker.
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