Television report of the scientific magazine nano with an interview of the pain expert Dr. med. dent. Türp (minute 22:30).
Expert opinions
«Dolography helps me a great deal in diagnostics. By means of the description of the chosen pictures clinically relevant issues can be found — which otherwise would have stayed unknown — concretized or even expressed for the first time.»
Prof. Dr. med. dent. Jens Christoph Türp, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel
Example of a case report, Dr. med. dent. Türp
«The picture cards are a great help in establishing dialogue with the patients. They have, often for the first time, the feeling that they are able to clearly explain their pain. The descriptions are more detailed and fulsome than without the Dolography cards.»
Heike-Christine Strohmeyer-Kirsch, pain nurse, Klinikum Dortmund
«Using Dolography, it is possible to gain information about subjective pain perception that is not possible with conventional imaging techniques. Pain anamnesis is thereby extended by a fascinating dimension.»
Dr. med. Niklaus Egloff, Head of the Psychosomatic Competence Center, University Hospital Bern
«The images of Dolography elude semantic distinctiveness, as do pain sensations, thereby inviting the user to specify their verbal descriptions. The balance between clarity and ambiguity in the images provides a screen for the patients to project their associations.»
Dr. med. Katharina Haas, medical specialist for psychiatry and psychotherapy
«Using the resources of visual communication, a completely novel kind of tool for the diagnosis and therapy of pain has been created. The specially developed images make an abstract statement, but still function as an altogether useful vehicle for patients suffering from pain, making it possible for them to convey what they are going through. The way in which the method was developed and tried out in cooperation with doctors is admirable. The idea of ‹pain pictures› is a surprising one. In our day above all, where the treatment of pain is a matter of ever-increasing medical importance, there can be no doubt at all of its relevance. It would be highly desirable if this project could be further developed and elaborated.»
Jury, Swiss Design Award (2013)
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You can find more experts’ opinions in the german version.
Reviews by patients
«During my ‹career as a patient›, therapists asked me very often about pain quantity (on the famous scale from 1 to 10). […] Without doubt: your image card set would definitely be helpful! Looking at your images makes me feel at ease, it makes me feel as if I could be understood and I could say: ‹Yes, this is exactly how I feel like.›» M. G.*
«I had difficulties classifying my pain sensations for years. I even doubted that these experiences were real rather than illusions. If I can see the pain visually in front of me, it becomes much easier to conceive and helps to accept it.» R. A.*