Research Ongoing

Citizen Science: A web portal for patients to transform pain research

Scientific Study Title:

Integrated KT 2.0: Development of an Online Citizen Science Portal

Start Date:

August 2018

End Date:

Ongoing

Research Category

# Arthritis Care, Innovative Research Methods

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Life-changing arthritis research is only possible with your help!

Why do this research?

Reason For Research

Pain affects many people, but it is complex and poorly understood. No one knows more about pain than the people who live with it. Citizen Science is a social movement that gets the public to join forces with health scientists to learn more about pain. By sharing your experiences and theories about pain on the Citizen Science platform, you can help health scientists ask better questions when they are researching ways to better understand and treat pain.

Methodology

Execution of Research

You can sign-up or continue to explore the Citizen Science website as a guest user. On the website, you will go through a series of “levels” each with questions asking you about your pain. When you sign-up, you can complete each of these levels at your own time!

You may be eligible if you:

Have a chronic illness or disability
Are 19 years of age or older
Live in Canada

Who is involved?

Involvement

Visit https://patientscientist.ca/pain-survey to explore our website and make a contribution.

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