Application of Natural Language Processing for Chronic Pain Research: A Scoping Review

This project contains the protocol for a scoping review that explores how natural language processing (NLP), including recent advances in large language models, has been used in chronic pain research. The goal of the review is to bring together existing work across clinical and computational fields, describe the types of data and methods being used, and highlight gaps and opportunities for future research. The review follows the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, and the protocol is shared here to promote transparency and support open research practices.