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Article
Pain Squad+ smartphone app to support real-time pain treatment for adolescents with cancer: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open
(2020)
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/