Applicability and Validity of an e-Health Tool for the Appropriate Referral and Selection of Patients With Chronic Pain for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Results From a European Retrospective Study

Simon Thomson; Frank Huygen; Simon Prangnell; Ganesan Baranidharan; Hayat Belaïd; Bart Billet; Sam Eldabe; Giuliano De Carolis; Laura Demartini; Kliment Gatzinsky; Jan Willem Kallewaard; Mery Paroli; Matthias Winkelmüller; Nicky Helsen; Herman Stoevelaar

doi:10.1016/j.neurom.2021.12.006

January 21, 2022Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural InterfaceOpen Access

Applicability and Validity of an e-Health Tool for the Appropriate Referral and Selection of Patients With Chronic Pain for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Results From a European Retrospective Study

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Assess the applicability and validity of an e-health decision-support tool for referring and selecting chronic pain patients for spinal cord stimulation.
Conducted a European retrospective study applying an e-health screening tool to existing patient data.
Assessed the concordance between panel-based tool recommendations, trial stimulation results, and clinical outcomes.
Demonstrated a strong positive association between e-health tool recommendations and successful spinal cord stimulation trials.
Identified a strong relationship between favorable panel guidance and positive final treatment outcomes.

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Retrospective study reveals strong alignment between e-health tool recommendations and spinal cord stimulation outcomes in chronic pain, highlighting its utility for patient selection.

Abstract

Retrospective application of the e-health tool on patient data showed a strong relationship between the panel recommendations and both SCS trial results and treatment outcomes.

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Thomson et al. (2022) studied this question.

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