eDOL mHealth App and Web Platform for Self-monitoring and Medical Follow-up of Patients With Chronic Pain: Observational Feasibility Study.

Background: Chronic pain affects approximately 30% of the general population, severely degrades quality of life (especially in older adults) and professional life (inability or reduction in the ability to work and loss of employment), and leads to billions in additional health care costs. Moreover, available painkillers are old, with limited efficacy and can cause significant adverse effects. Thus, there is a need for innovation in the management of chronic pain.

Comparison of pain, pain burden, coping strategies, and attitudes between patients with systemic sclerosis and patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To analyze pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc), especially its impact and coping strategies, compared with the reference painful inflammatory rheumatological condition, rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: We carried out a cohort study of consecutive inpatients with SSc and RA visiting three university hospitals. We analyzed pain, pain-related interference with daily life, pain catastrophizing, and attitudes, together with quality of life (QoL).

Relieving pain in rheumatology patients: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a developing approach.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive method for activating specific areas of the brain. There are two variants, repetitive TMS (rTMS) and direct TMS. Rapid changes in an electrical current induce a magnetic field, which in turn induces an electrical current in a nearby conductor.