NCT03961152

Effect of the PainCoach App on Pain and Opiate Use After Total Knee Replacement

Effect of the PainCoach App on Pain and Opiate Use in the First Two Weeks After Total Knee Replacement: Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 97 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kliniek ViaSana · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Less is known about pain and opiate use at home directly after total knee replacement (TKR). Regarding side effects, low opiate use is desired. An e-health application, PainCoach app, was developed to guide patients in pain control and opiate use. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the PainCoach app on pain and opiate use in TKR patients in the first two weeks at home after surgery. The hypothesis was that the use of this app would decrease pain and opiate use.

Conditions

• Total Knee Replacement
• Pain
• Opioid Use
• E-health App

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	PainCoach app	In response to the patient's input of the pain experienced (no pain, bearable pain, unbearable pain, or untenable pain), the app gave advice on pain medication use, exercises/rest and when to call the clinic from day 1 until day 14 after surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-15
• Primary completion: 2016-07-06
• Completion: 2017-06-08
• First posted: 2019-05-23
• Last updated: 2019-05-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands