Jointly Managing JIA Online: An Internet-based Psycho-educational Game for Children With JIA and Their Parents

Summary

Arthritis in children is a long-term illness and it can make a child's life very difficult. In children 8-11 years old, the child and their family work together to deal with the problems that arthritis can cause. Learning to cope with and manage the problems that come with arthritis can stop it from getting worse. It is important to create programs that teach children and families how to cope with and manage arthritis. This study will develop and test an online game that helps children learn how to better manage their arthritis. The goal of these studies is to test: (1) how easy to use and acceptable the online game is; and (2) if children who play the game feel less pain, have fewer limitations, and a better quality of life compared to children who do not play the game.

Conditions

• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Game

In addition to standard medical care, children in the experimental group will receive the Match-3 game. The game will be designed for short individual gameplay sessions (as little as a few seconds), once to three times a day, over the course of 8 weeks, involving no more than 15 minutes per day in anticipated screen time. There is no way to "lose" the game. Through a structured series of daily interactions, the player will learn strategies and develop decision-making abilities that will assist with management of their own JIA. The Match 3 concept (similar to the game, Bejeweled) will require the player to successfully match the treatment strategy to the JIA symptom.

OTHER

Usual Care

Children in usual care group receive standard medical care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Provincial Health Services Authority

  collaborator OTHER

• Alberta Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

  collaborator OTHER

• IWK Health Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Justine's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Toronto

  collaborator OTHER

• McGill University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital of Western Ontario

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Kansas Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Memorial University of Newfoundland

  collaborator OTHER

• The Hospital for Sick Children

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-01-31

Primary Completion

2019-03-31

Completion

2019-03-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations