Chronic non-cancer pain of moderate to severe intensity occurs in 19% of adult Europeans, seriously affecting the quality of their social and working lives. Among these 19%, very few are managed by pain specialists and nearly half receive inadequate pain management. It is proven that patients with chronic illness need support as well as access to information in order to become effective managers of their own health.
Although there was a wide range of high-tech devices aimed at treating pain in its many facets and complexity, none of them were focused on empowering the patient to self-manage current and future pains. RELIEF has been working from 2016 in filling in this gap by managing a tender to develop new products that empower the patient and improve their quality of life.
The main results and achievements of the project will be presented during the conferemce.