iCanCope With Pain: A Smartphone and Web Self-management Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Pain

Summary

Chronic pain in adolescents and young adults (AYA, aged 15-25) is a common problem. Pain that is not treated properly can reduce quality of life. Programs to help AYA learn to live with and manage pain are very important. Our team is developing a smartphone application (app) and website for AYA with chronic pain. The app will help AYA to track pain, sleep, mood, activities, and exercise and help AYA set and achieve goals. The website will give information about pain and how to manage it independently. We will build the program and make sure it is easy to use and understand. We will also test if the program can be put into practice as planned and if AYA using the program feel less pain, have less limitations, and a better quality of life.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

iCanCope app and website

In addition to standard medical care, adolescents and young adults in the experimental group will receive access to the "iCanCope with Pain" smartphone app and website for 8 weeks. The app consists of daily pain symptom tracking (pain intensity, sleep, mood, physical activity, and fatigue), goal setting, in-the moment coping strategies, as well as a social community component. The website provides chronic pain-specific education, self-management strategies, and resources.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention control group

The control group is designed to control for the potential effects on outcomes of time, attention, smartphone and computer use during the intervention. In addition to standard medical care, adolescents and young adults in the attention control group will receive access to the "iCanCope with Pain" smartphone app (control version, with limited functionality), and a pain resource website without access to self-management strategies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• IWK Health Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• Nova Scotia Health Authority

  collaborator OTHER

• Stollery Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Alberta

  collaborator OTHER

• Dalhousie University

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre for Global eHealth Innovation

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Toronto

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Saskatchewan

  collaborator OTHER

• Alberta Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• The Ottawa Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

  collaborator OTHER

• The Hospital for Sick Children

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-04-01

Primary Completion

2023-08-01

Completion

2023-08-01

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations