ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Understanding Adoption and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Chronic Pain Management Among US Military Veterans: Pre-Post Mixed Methods Evaluation.
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- Patients' Experiences of Digital Health Interventions for the Self-Management of Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Patient Sharing of Digital Health Data in the Veterans Health Administration: Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- What Matters Most to Veterans When Deciding to Use Technology for Health: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- Improving Veteran Engagement with Virtual Care Technologies: a Veterans Health Administration State of the Art Conference Research Agenda.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Review
- Exploring mHealth applications for self-management of chronic low back pain: A survey of features and benefits.Heliyon · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe Veterans Health Administration Pain Coach mobile health app was developed to support veterans with chronic pain.
objectiveOur objective was to evaluate early user experiences with the Pain Coach app and preliminary impacts of app use on pain-related outcomes.
methodsFollowing a sequential, explanatory, mixed methods design, we mailed surveys to veterans at 2 time points with an outreach program in between and conducted semistructured interviews with a subsample of survey respondents. We analyzed survey data using descriptive statistics among veterans who completed both surveys and examined differences in key outcomes using paired samples t tests. We analyzed semistructured interview data using thematic analysis.
resultsOf 1507 veterans invited and eligible to complete the baseline survey, we received responses from 393 (26.1%). These veterans received our outreach program; 236 (236/393, 60.1%) completed follow-up surveys. We conducted interviews with 10 app users and 10 nonusers. Among survey respondents, 10.2% (24/236) used Pain Coach, and 58% (14/24) reported it was easy to use, though interviews identified various app usability issues. Veterans who used Pain Coach reported greater pain self-efficacy (mean 23.1 vs mean 16.6; P=.01) and lower pain interference (mean 34.6 vs mean 31.8; P=.03) after (vs before) use. The most frequent reason veterans reported for not using the app was that their health care team had not discussed it with them (96/212, 45.3%).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that future efforts to increase adoption of Pain Coach and other mobile apps among veterans should include health care team endorsement. Our findings regarding the impact of Pain Coach use on outcomes warrant further study.
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