Prospective Study Evaluating a Pain Assessment Tool in a Postoperative Environment: Protocol for Algorithm Testing and Enhancement

Emad Kasaeyan Naeini   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Mingzhe Jiang   ² , PhD ;   Elise Syrjälä   ² , BSc, MSc ;   Michael-David Calderon   ³ , BS ;   Riitta Mieronkoski   ⁴ , PT, MHSc ;   Kai Zheng   ⁵ , PhD ;   Nikil Dutt   ¹ , PhD ;   Pasi Liljeberg   ² , PhD ;   Sanna Salanterä   ^{4, 6} , RN, PhD ;   Ariana M Nelson   ⁷ , MD ;   Amir M Rahmani   ^{1, 8} , PhD

¹ Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

² Department of Future Technology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

⁵ Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁶ Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

⁷ School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁸ School of Nursing, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States