Pediatric blood & cancer
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Pediatric blood & cancer · Oct 2017
Implementation and preliminary effectiveness of a real-time pain management smartphone app for adolescents with cancer: A multicenter pilot clinical study.
Pain in adolescents with cancer (12-18 years) is common and negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQL). The Pain Squad+ smartphone app, which provides adolescents with real-time pain self-management support, was developed to address this issue. This study evaluated the implementation of the app to inform a future randomized controlled trial (RCT) and obtain treatment effect estimates for pain intensity, pain interference, HRQL, and self-efficacy. ⋯ Implementation of Pain Squad+ is feasible and the app appears to improve pain-related outcomes for adolescents with cancer. A multicenter RCT will be undertaken to examine app effectiveness.