Open Access<p>Less Pain, Better Sleep? The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Back Pain App on Sleep Quality in Individuals Suffering from Back Pain – a Secondary Analysis of App User Data</p>
Author(s) -
Janosch A. Priebe,
Daniel Utpadel-Fischler,
Thomas R Toelle
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s232792
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , sleep (system call) , sleep quality , cohort study , physical therapy , insomnia , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Mobile health solutions are finding their way into health systems. The Kaia app has been shown to be able to reduce back pain in two studies. Since pain often comes along with disturbed sleep and both symptoms are strongly related we investigated whether the Kaia app training is associated with improved sleep quality.