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Digital Monitoring and Chronic Pain Trajectories in Patients Receiving Tertiary Pain Care

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.27217

August 04, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In tertiary pain clinics patients, trajectories of bodily comfort, sleep, and mood were predominantly stable over 6 months. Baseline characteristics poorly estimated long-term trajectories, supporting continuous digital monitoring and individualized change detection rather than baseline-only prognostic stratification.

Corresponding Author: Nicolas Kerckhove, PhD, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, service de Pharmacologie Medicale, 58 Rue Montalembert, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France (nkerckhove@chu-clermontferrand.fr).

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