Content of review 1, reviewed on August 09, 2024
Dear authors:
I have reviewed your paper entitled “Recent Advances in Non-Invasive Digital Nursing Technologies for Chronic Pain Assessment and Management. An integrative review” that aims to identify what nurses currently offer through digital technology and their success in managing chronic pain, through an integrative review guided by Whittemore and Knafl. It was used five data bases and gather documents published in 2017-2022. It was applied appraisal tools. The results were analysed by Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis where were identify pertinent themes. This review indicates that web-based interventions and telemedicine are the primary digital technologies employed by nurses for chronic pain management, with evidence supporting their effectiveness. Digital technology is essential to bridge healthcare access gaps as nurses can provide this successfully with minimal nursing support, training, and cost to the patient.
First, I want to congratulate you for the choose problem. Technology could be an excellent tool to help in chronic pain assessment and management, and should be considered by nurses, doctors and even health managers.
It was used an appropriate methodology for the type of study.
The paper was easy to read, and I believe it could bring contributions to the clinic practice.
On a few notes to further develop the manuscript, I would suggest:
a) In background: I suggest updating the IASP Pain definition from 2020 “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage” (International Association for the Study of Pain. Available online: https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/terminology/#pain);
b) In background you used a very dated references, to definitions of pain and chronic pain, exist recent ones, could you improve it please?
c) In page 5 line 48-49 you presented the aim; you should write it as the same way (abstract is different) i.e. “to identify what nurses currently offer through digital technology and their success in managing chronic pain” Versus “This research aims to explore and elucidate the use of digital nursing technologies in the management of chronic pain.”
d) Page 7 line 41 please erase the last “;” (Hong et al., 2018;);
e) Page 13 line 16 is missing a “space” (i.e.: thatweb-based).
I have nothing to add, and I wish you all the best with its publication.
Best regards
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