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