Evaluating the Manage My Pain App in Pain Clinics

University of Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: Manage My Pain App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05946239

Pro00126058

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic Pain is one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care, and has been linked to restrictions in mobility and daily activities, dependence on opioids, anxiety and depression, and poor perceived health or reduced quality of life. Chronic Pain Clinics are an effective solution, however, the resources available and investments have fallen behind the growing needs of patients. Local waitlists have thousands of patients with wait times between 1 to 3 years, with many receiving little to no specialized support while waiting. Tools and technology that can help patients and healthcare providers understand and manage the patients' pain are needed for the effectiveness of the healthcare system.

In response to this problem, the Manage My Pain (MMP) App, which allows patients to log daily reflections of functionality, pain, and medication use; as well as, provide educational resources is a potential support for patients on the waitlist. This log is intended to support the patient understanding and management of their pain, and share their reports with their circle of care.

This study will assess the impact of MMP on waitlist patients' health outcomes compared to a control group of waitlist patients over 60 days.

Full description

Chronic Pain is one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care and has been linked to restrictions in mobility and daily activities, dependence on opioids, anxiety, depression, and poor perceived health or reduced quality of life. Currently, local pain clinic waitlists have thousands of patients with wait times between 1 to 3 years, with many receiving little to no specialized support while waiting for an appointment. To address this problem, this study assesses the impact of the MMP App to support the health and medication use of patients on the waitlist. Using this approach patients on the waitlist can use this app to report their pain, functionality, reflections, and medication use, as well as read educational resources about pain management.

This study tests the effectiveness of the MMP App versus a control group (i.e., standard practice) on health outcomes and mediation use over 60 days in a randomized control trial (RCT). The primary outcomes are pain, anxiety, pain self-efficacy, and quality of life. Secondary outcome is medication usage. Researchers will use descriptive and regression analysis to assess the data collected.

Enrollment: 196 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• On the Calgary Pain Clinic waitlist

Exclusion criteria

• Participants were excluded if they did not meet any of the above criteria
• Patients declining or unable to complete the consent process for the study
• No internet access
• No access to a device or computer to display the app/website

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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196 participants in 2 patient groups

Manage My Pain App Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will have access to the MMP App and standard care for 60 days.

Treatment:

Other: Manage My Pain App

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will engage in standard care for 60 days.