My thesis involved developing and evaluating an additional treatment to interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation; Development and validation of the eVISualisation (eVIS) intervention in patients with chronic pain in the eVISualisation of physical activity and pain (eVIS) project.
Reg. physiotherapist
PhD in Care Sciences
Basic education:
- Teaching skills training in the nursing program. This applies above all to skills training in examining vital parameters as well as ergonomics.
- Lectures on acute and long-term pain
Advanced level teaching
- Lectures on acute and long-term pain in relation to various specialist educations such as the midwifery program, the district nursing program and in independent courses.
- Teaching in skills training regarding sensory pain relief during childbirth
The research I am involved in is part of the research group DU/Pain's work. Specifically, the studies included in my dissertation cover work on developing and evaluating a new intervention intended as a supplement to multimodal rehabilitation for people with long-term pain. The intervention, eVISualisation of physical activity and pain (eVIS) consists of a wrist-worn activity tracker (for objective registration of physical activity level) and a web application where the user reports experience of pain intensity, the effect of pain on daily activities and possible pharmacological consumption.
eVIS is by its addition of objective measurement of physical activity levels, combined with behavioral-change techniques (self-monitoring, self-evaluation, goal setting, etc), a unique possibility for the patient and the caregiver to recive detailed information about patients resorces and hinder help the patient to an individually adapted physical activity level.
In study 1, the wrist-carried activity meter and its criterion validity for measuring heart rate, step / day and energy consumption were evaluated.
In study 2, the intervention was developed in collaboration with people with long-term pain, care staff and researchers. The validity of the intervention regarding simplicity, security and relevance was then examined, as well as its clinical feasiblity was tested by physiotherapists and patients.
Sub study 3 was launched during fall 2021 and will evaluate the feasibility of a larger register-based randomized controlled trial where the effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated.
