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

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 12
Maximum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• aged 12 to 18 years;

• own a smartphone compatible with the iCanCope app (iOS or Android);

• diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or pectus carinatum or pectus excavatum;

• are able to speak and read English; and

• scheduled to undergo scoliosis or minimally invasive pectus repair surgery.

Locations
United States
Massachusetts
Boston Children's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Boston
Other Locations
Canada
Hospital for Sick Children
RECRUITING
Toronto
Contact Information
Primary
Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD
jennifer.stinson@sickkids.ca
416-813-7654
Backup
Chitra Lalloo, PhD
chitra.lalloo@sickkids.ca
416-813-7654
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-09-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-01-28
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention: iCanCope Post-Op App
Adolescents randomized to the intervention group will receive the iCanCope PostOp app, in addition to usual care. Both groups will complete measures at pre-operative appointments following consent and randomization (6-8 weeks prior to surgery, T0), at 1-week pre-op (T1), 2-week post-op, (T2) and 4-week post-op (T3), and 12-week post-op (T4).
No_intervention: Control: Usual Care
Adolescents randomized to the control group will receive usual care. Both groups will complete measures at pre-operative appointments following consent and randomization (6-8 weeks prior to surgery, T0), at 1-week pre-op (T1), 2-week post-op, (T2) and 4-week post-op (T3), and 12-week post-op (T4).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: The Hospital for Sick Children
Collaborators: Boston Children's Hospital

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