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iCanCope With Post-Operative Pain (iCanCope PostOp)

Description

There are few applications available in the community to help teenagers manage pain after surgery. The focus of this study is to better understand the pain experience of children after having surgery and to design a Smartphone app called "iCanCope with Post-Operative Pain" (iCanCope PostOp), to help children and parents to better manage pain at home after surgery. The app will help keep track of pain, provide information about the teenager's surgery and provides "in-the-moment" advice wherever and whenever the patient needs it.

Conditions

Pain, ChronicPain, Chronic Post-Surgical
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Pain, ChronicPain, Chronic Post-Surgical

Study Overview

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Study Details

Study overview

There are few applications available in the community to help teenagers manage pain after surgery. The focus of this study is to better understand the pain experience of children after having surgery and to design a Smartphone app called "iCanCope with Post-Operative Pain" (iCanCope PostOp), to help children and parents to better manage pain at home after surgery. The app will help keep track of pain, provide information about the teenager's surgery and provides "in-the-moment" advice wherever and whenever the patient needs it.

iCanCope With Post-Operative Pain (iCanCope PostOp): Development of a Smartphone-based Pain Self-management Program for Adolescents Following Surgery

iCanCope With Post-Operative Pain (iCanCope PostOp)

Condition
Pain, Chronic
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. aged 12 to 18 years;
  • 2. own a smartphone compatible with the iCanCope app (iOS or Android);
  • 3. diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or pectus carinatum or pectus excavatum;
  • 4. are able to speak and read English; and
  • 5. scheduled to undergo scoliosis or minimally invasive pectus repair surgery.
  • 1. significant cognitive impairment or other co-existing medical condition that could limit the ability to use the iCanCope app, as identified by their health care provider;
  • 2. participated in a previous study of iCanCope PostOp;
  • 3. a diagnosed chronic pain condition not related to the surgical condition; or

Ages Eligible for Study

12 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

The Hospital for Sick Children,

Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Record Dates

2024-01-28