Clinical Research Directory
Browse clinical research sites, groups, and studies.
iCanCope With Pain: A Smartphone and Web Self-management Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Pain
Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
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.
Official title: iCanCope With Pain: An Integrated Smartphone and Web Self-management Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Pain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
302
Start Date
2017-04-01
Completion Date
2023-08-01
Last Updated
2026-04-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
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.
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.
Locations (10)
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nova Scotia Health Authority/Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada