The effect of psychological factors on pain outcomes : lessons learned for the next generation of research Universiteit Gent
Potential problems for investigating the effect of psychological factors on pain outcomes are identified and addressed from a causal or explanatory perspective. Big data and machine learning techniques offer opportunities to investigate the effects of psychological factors on pain outcomes. Nevertheless, these advances can only deliver when the quality of the data is high and the underpinning causal assumptions are considered. We argue that ...