Abstract Animations for the Communication and Assessment of Pain in Adults: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study

Charles R Jonassaint   ¹ , MHS, PhD ;   Nema Rao   ² , MDes ;   Alex Sciuto   ² , MDes ;   Galen E Switzer   ^{3, 4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Laura De Castro   ⁷ , MHSc, MD ;   Gregory J Kato   ⁷ , MD ;   Jude C Jonassaint   ⁷ , RN ;   Zakia Hammal   ⁸ , PhD ;   Nirmish Shah   ⁹ , MD ;   Ajay Wasan   ¹⁰ , MSc, MD

¹ Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

² Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

³ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁵ Department of Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁶ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁷ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁸ The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁹ Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States