Trial reportScientific reports2021
The effect of a smartphone-based pain management application on pain intensity and quality of life in adolescents with chronic pain.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Musculoskeletal pain in adolescents: a systematic review of predictive and associated factors.BMC pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity and education about physical activity for chronic musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Text Messaging on the Postoperative Pain Experience in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
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- An investigation of the effect of smartphone-based pain management application on pain intensity and the quality-of-life dimensions in adolescents with chronic pain: a cluster randomized parallel-controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- A Scoping Review and Content Analysis of Available Chronic Pain Education Programs and Resources for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Diverse Abilities.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for the Diagnosis, Assessment, and Management of Chronic Pain.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2025Review
- Depression, Quality of Life and Medication Use Among Patients With Chronic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- Coping in youth living with chronic pain: A systematic review of qualitative evidence.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions in the Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Factors influencing the intention to use the ICD-11 among medical record officers (MROs) and assistant medical record officers (AMROs) in Ministry of Health, Malaysia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a multimodal mobile application for the treatment of chronic pain.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
- A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Outlooks on using a mobile health intervention for supportive pain management for children and adolescents with cancer: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
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- Prevalence of chronic pain and contributing factors: a cross-sectional population-based study among 2,379 Iranian adolescents.The Korean journal of pain · 2023Article
- Smartphone use in Neurology: a bibliometric analysis and visualization of things to come.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Smartphones dependency risk analysis using machine-learning predictive models.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The experience of chronic pain among adolescents: suffering and attempt to overcome pain?BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- eDOL mHealth App and Web Platform for Self-monitoring and Medical Follow-up of Patients With Chronic Pain: Observational Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
The development, implementation, and qualitative evaluation of smartphone-based pain management applications may provide an opportunity for more optimal management of pediatric pain in the homesetting. The present mixed-method study was conducted to assess a smartphone-based pain management application regarding the feasibility, adherence, participant satisfaction, and effectiveness on pain intensity and quality of life in adolescents with chronic pain. The study was carried out in the quantitative and qualitative stages using a mixed-method approach. The quantitative stage included 128 adolescents who met the ICD-11 criteria of chronic pain. After random allocation, adolescents allocated to the intervention group received a pain management program through a smartphone-based application. No education was given to the adolescents in the control group. The adolescents were assessed regarding pain intensity and different dimensions of quality of life at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up. The findings in the quantitative stage were explained by qualitative interviews. The findings of the quantitative stage showed significant improvements in the pain intensity, emotional, social, and school functioning but not in the physical functioning of the adolescents. A high level of adherence (78.12%) and satisfaction (Mean = 26.45, SD = 6.45) with thes martphone-based pain management program was found. Based on the qualitative interviews, adolescents' pain management strategies can be classified in three main categories: physical management, psychological management, and interpersonal resources. The results confirm the positive effect of a smartphone-based pain management program on the pain intensity and different dimensions of quality of life of adolescents with chronic pain. Within the context of chronic pain management, a mobile application incorporating both the psychological and physical management of pain may help adolescents with chronic pain to reduce the negative impacts of pain on their life.
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