Chronic Pain Research
Pain is continuous. Your data collection should be too.
Weekly pain surveys average away the peaks and valleys that define a patient's experience. Forma Health captures pain as it fluctuates, giving your study the granularity it needs to detect real treatment effects.
See Forma configured for chronic pain
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The problem
Why traditional data collection falls short
Pain is highly variable within a single day. A weekly NRS score can't distinguish between a patient who had one terrible day and six good ones versus seven mediocre days. Your efficacy signal gets buried.
What patients log
Observations configured for chronic pain
Capture pain levels, functional impact, medication use, and flare triggers throughout the day — not just at weekly check-ins.
- Pain intensity (multiple daily readings)
- Pain location and type
- Functional impact (mobility, sleep, mood)
- Medication timing and dosage
- Flare triggers and duration
- Activity levels
- Sleep quality
What you get
Research-ready data points
- Intra-day pain variability curves
- Medication-response timing analysis
- Function-pain correlation data
- Flare frequency and duration metrics
- Sleep-pain interaction patterns
Ready to see Forma configured for chronic pain?
We'll set up your condition-specific data collection in under an hour.