Chronic pain patient narratives allow for the estimation of current pain intensity

no code implementations • 31 Oct 2022 • Diogo A. P. Nunes, Joana Ferreira-Gomes, Daniela Oliveira, Carlos Vaz, Sofia Pimenta, Fani Neto, David Martins de Matos

We show that language features from patient narratives indeed convey information relevant for pain intensity estimation, and that our computational models can take advantage of that.

Management

Chronic Pain and Language: A Topic Modelling Approach to Personal Pain Descriptions

no code implementations • 1 Sep 2021 • Diogo A. P. Nunes, Joana Ferreira Gomes, Fani Neto, David Martins de Matos

Chronic pain is recognized as a major health problem, with impacts not only at the economic, but also at the social, and individual levels.

Management Topic Models

Modeling chronic pain experiences from online reports using the Reddit Reports of Chronic Pain dataset

no code implementations • 23 Aug 2021 • Diogo A. P. Nunes, Joana Ferreira-Gomes, Fani Neto, David Martins de Matos

Model each subreddit according to their main concerns.

Clinical Knowledge