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ArticleCanadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026

Impacts of the iCanCope Digital Pain Self-Management Program Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Chitra Lalloo, Fareha Nishat, Tonya Palermo, Lori Montgomery, Fiona Campbell, Krista Baerg, Jill Chorney, Bruce Dick, Tania Di Renna, Karim Mukhida and 14 more

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Article in Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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24 authors.

Chitra LallooThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2794-7061
Fareha NishatThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Tonya PalermoCenter for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lori MontgomeryDepartments of Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, Peri-operative and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Fiona CampbellDepartment of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Krista BaergDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5192-7285
Jill ChorneyCentre for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bruce DickDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Tania Di RennaToronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Karim MukhidaDepartment of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Melanie NoelAlberta Children's Hospital, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Patricia PoulinDepartment of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Mark SimmondsDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ramesh ZachariasMichael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lauren HarrisThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cleo Davies-ChalmersThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Carley OuelletteSchool of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Vina MohabirThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Quynh PhamCenter for Digital Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Joe CafazzoCenter for Digital Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sarah BrennenstuhlLawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Brenna McDermottThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Rachel KellyThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jennifer N StinsonThe Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-8052

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

iCanCope™ (ICC) is a digital self-management program for 15-25 year olds with chronic pain. This study evaluated program satisfaction and efficacy through a two arm randomized controlled trial in Canadian tertiary care pain clinics. Participants were randomized to receive either ICC (app and website with symptom tracking and trending, pain education, goal setting, library, community forum) or an identically branded active control program with limited features. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, postprogram (2 months; T2), and follow-up (6 months; T3). Satisfaction was assessed using the Acceptability eScale and qualitatively with a subset of intervention participants. Linear mixed effects models characterized treatment effects on primary (pain interference) and secondary outcomes. Of 302 enrolled participants, 297 were analyzed (mean age = 17.1 ± 2.4, 83% female). Outcome completion rates were 89% at T2 and 71% at T3. Program acceptability was high in both the intervention (33.9 ± 7.0) and control group (32.7 ± 6.8). Most participants exhibited moderate to high engagement with daily checkins (intervention: 79%, active control: 80%). No significant treatment effects were found. However, improvements across time in pain interference at T2 (β = -0.58,

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PMID42899170
PMCPMC13679339

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