Case Study: Three German Universities improve chronic pain diagnosis with Prolific

Three German Universities improve chronic pain diagnoses by over 75% with Prolific

Researchers from three German universities faced the challenge of recruiting an international group of busy medical doctors to participate in a validation study for a new chronic pain diagnostic tool. They turned to Prolific to find verified domain experts with medical expertise from around the world to take part in their online experiment.

Prolific provided a solution by enabling the researchers to build a diverse and representative sample of practitioners, including filtering for strong English skills and allowing participants to go off-site to the study portal. Using Prolific's service, the study confirmed that the new CAL-CP algorithm led to significantly more correct diagnoses, with over 75% accuracy for chronic primary pain. Prolific allowed the team to recruit participants more quickly and at a lower cost than traditional methods.