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iCanCope with Pain™: User‐Centred Design of a Web‐ and Mobile‐Based Self‐Management Program for Youth with Chronic Pain Based on Identified Health Care Needs

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Stinson, Jennifer N, Lalloo, Chitra, Harris, Lauren, Isaac, Lisa, Campbell, Fiona, Brown, Stephen, Ruskin, Danielle, Gordon, Allan +6 more·2014·Pain Research and Management

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BACKGROUND: While there are emerging web‐based self‐management programs for children and adolescents with chronic pain, there is currently not an integrated web‐ and smartphone‐based app that specifically addresses the needs of adolescents with chronic pain. OBJECTIVES: To conduct a needs assessment to inform the development of an online chronic pain self‐management program for adolescents, called iCanCope with Pain™. METHODS: A purposive sample of adolescents (n=23; 14 to 18 years of age) was recruited from two pediatric chronic pain clinics in Ontario. Interdisciplinary health care providers were also recruited from these sites. Three focus groups were conducted with adolescents (n=16) and one with pediatric health care providers (n=7). Individual adolescent interviews were also conducted (n=7). RESULTS: Qualitative analysis uncovered four major themes: pain impact; barriers to care; pain management strategies; and transition to adult care. Pain impacted social, emotional, physical and role functioning, as well as future goals. Barriers to care were revealed at the health care system, patient and societal levels. Pain management strategies included support systems, and pharmacological, physical and psychological approaches. Transition subthemes were: disconnect between pediatric and adult systems; skills development; parental role; and fear/anxiety. Based on these identified needs, the iCanCope with Pain™ architecture will include the core theory‐based functionalities of: symptom self‐monitoring; personalized goal setting; pain coping skills training; peer‐based social support; and chronic pain education. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed iCanCope with Pain™ program aims to address the self‐management needs of adolescents with chronic pain by improving access to disease information, strategies to manage symptoms and social support.

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  • Other mobile-based technologies have been developed to assist patients in remotely self-monitoring symptoms and deliver interventions involving goal-setting, coping skills training, and social support.

    “Other mobile-based technologies have been developed to assist patients in remotely self-monitoring symptoms and deliver interventions involving goal-setting for improving functioning, coping skills training and practice, and social support via discussion boards, goal sharing, and group-based challenges [55].”

    From Best-evidence for the rehabilitation of chronic pain part 1: Pediatric pain (2019) · cites this paper as [55]

    The Results (Overview of program architecture; Theoretical rationale, page unavailable) describe a proposed smartphone app with symptom tracking, goal setting, coping-skills practice, goal sharing, discussion boards, and group challenges. But the Conclusions (page unavailable) say developing a prototype was the next step, so the paper does not establish that this intervention had already been developed and was delivering those features. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Our focus on reviewing studies of mHealth apps for self-managing chronic conditions may explain the deviation from Sieverink et al, as these interventions encourage users to systematically record data and capture variability of their disease state over time.

    “Our focus on reviewing studies of mHealth apps for self-managing chronic conditions may explain this finding, as these interventions encourage users to systematically record data and capture the variability of their disease state over time [84].”

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Stinson, J. N., Lalloo, C., Harris, L., Isaac, L., Campbell, F., Brown, S., Ruskin, D., Gordon, A., Galonski, M., Pink, L. R., Buckley, N., Henry, J. L., White, M., & Karim, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • McMaster University (CA)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
Corresponding author
Stinson, Jennifer N
Venue
Pain Research and Management
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-01
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
257-265
ISSN
  • 1203-6765 (ISSN-L)
  • 1918-1523
OpenAlex
W88007950
Cited by
149
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2
FWCI
8.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pain Research and Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Pain Society
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
Keywords
chronic pain, adolescents, self-management program, user-centered design, online intervention, mobile health apps, needs assessment, barriers to care, transition to adult care, pain coping skills training, peer support, symptom self-monitoring, goal setting
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Self Care, Needs Assessment, Internet, Chronic Pain, Pain Management, Mobile Applications

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