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Pain Squad+ smartphone app to support real-time pain treatment for adolescents with cancer: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open (2020)
  • Lindsay Jibb
  • Paul C Nathan
  • Vicky Breakey
  • Conrad Fernandez
  • Donna Johnston
  • Victor Lewis
  • Sarah McKillop
  • Serina Patel, Western University
  • Christine Sabapathy
  • Caron Strahlendorf
  • J. Charles Victor
  • Myla E Moretti
  • Cynthia Nguyen
  • Amos Hundert
  • Celia Cassiani
  • Graziella El-Khechen Richandi
  • Hayley Insull
  • Rachel Hamilton
  • Geoffrey Fang
  • Susan Kuczynsk
  • Jennifer Stinson
Abstract
Pain negatively affects the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of adolescents with cancer. The Pain Squad+ smartphone-based application (app), has been developed to provide adolescents with real-time pain self-management support. The app uses a validated pain assessment and personalised pain treatment advice with centralised decision support via a registered nurse to enable real-time pain treatment in all settings. The algorithm informing pain treatment advice is evidence-based and expert-vetted. This trial will longitudinally evaluate the impact of Pain Squad+, with or without the addition of nurse support, on adolescent health and cost outcomes.
Keywords
  • pediatrics,
  • cancer,
  • pain,
  • symptom treatment,
  • smartphone app,
  • supportive care,
  • protocol,
  • randomised controlled trial
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Citation Information
Lindsay Jibb, Paul C Nathan, Vicky Breakey, Conrad Fernandez, et al.. "Pain Squad+ smartphone app to support real-time pain treatment for adolescents with cancer: protocol for a randomised controlled trial" BMJ Open (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/serina-patel/1/