NCT02764346

iCanCope With Pain: Usability and Feasibility Testing of a Smartphone Application to Manage Pain in Youth With Arthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will look at the use and impact of smartphone application (app) for adolescents with ongoing pain caused by their juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).The current project will include three studies. First, the investigators conducted usability sessions with adolescents with JIA to refine the app so that it is usable, acceptable and understandable. The aim of this study is to look at (a) how regularly the "iCanCope with Pain" app is used and (b) any effect the app has on young people's health. This study will compare two groups of young people: one that is using the new app, and one that receives usual medical care.

Conditions

• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	iCanCope app	In addition to standard medical care, adolescents in the experimental group will receive access to the "iCanCope" smartphone app 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.
BEHAVIORAL	iCanCope attention control app	The control group is designed to control for the potential effects on outcomes of time, attention, and smartphone use during the intervention. In addition to standard medical care, adolescents in the attention control group will receive access to the "iCanCope" control app, with limited functionality.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2016-05-06
• Last updated: 2020-04-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada