Reducing Pain in Pediatric Oncology Patients at Home. Effectiveness of the KLIK Pijnmonitor App
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Treatment- and illness related pain due to pediatric cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24832
- Lead Sponsor
- ZonMw
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 168
Inclusion Criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, children must be between the ages of 0 and 18 years; be in active treatment (at least three months after diagnosis and with at least two months of treatment remaining). Furthermore, study participants (child or parent) need to understand and speak the Dutch language, and own a smartphone on which the application can be downloaded (available at Apple Store and Google Play Store).
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary objective of the RELIEF-2 study is to investigate the effectiveness of the KLIK Pijnmonitor in reducing clinically significant pain in children at home by comparing the proportion of clinically significant pain between the intervention group and the control group. Thus, the primary outcome is the prevalence of clinically significant pain in children at home.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary objectives are as follows: <br><br>- To study the effect of the KLIK Pijnmonitor on children’s pain severity, pain duration, pain management strategies, and interference of pain with daily life; <br>- To study the effect of the KLIK Pijnmonitor on children’s health related quality of life (HRQoL); <br>- To study the effect of the KLIK Pijnmonitor on parental emotional well-being;<br>- To assess whether app use yields to less consultations with the hospital regarding pain;<br>- And finally, to assess determinants of current implementation outcomes of the app (barriers and facilitators) and to explore strategies to improve future implementation.