Intelligent Pain Management System for Assessing Pain in Cancer Patients

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Completed

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Intelligent Pain Management System (IPMS) could make recording and interfering pain timely among cancer patients with pain. The system's usability, feasibility, compliance, and satisfaction will also be assessed.

Detailed Description: Research indicate that over one-third of cancer patients experienced cancer pain, which is known as a major reason leading to lower quality of life of the patients.In this present study, the investigators aim to design, develop, and test the feasibility of a low cost, conveniently implemented mobile application to facilitate real-time pain recording and timely intervention among Chinese cancer patients with pain. This system evaluate real-time pain and Karnofsky Performance Status（KPS）scores for quality of life, and to generate an action plan to visit the physician or to adjust pain medication dosage when the pain threshold is reached. The investigators study is to test this system's effectiveness.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

the patient was able to read Chinese and use smart phones;
the patient was diagnosed with cancer and has self-reported cancer pain within a month prior to the study;
the patient was being seen on a regular basis by the oncology team;
the patient was under standard analgesia treatments;
the patient was estimated to have over 3 months survival time.

Exclusion Criteria

the patients who self-reported to have severe cognitive impairments or major comorbid illnesses that would interfere with pain assessment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of Mobile Application Assessed by Observing the Number of Daily Pain Assessments Recorded Among Patients	2 weeks	The primary objective is to demonstrate that this mobile application is feasible by observing the numbers of daily pain assessment among patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Karnofsky Performance Score Evaluation	2 weeks	The Karnofsky performance score runs from 100 to 0, where 100 is "perfect" health and 0 is death. Higher values represent better outcomes.The investigators will compare average score between trial group and control group.
Pain Management	2 weeks	Numerical rating scale allows a person to describe the intensity of his/her pain as a number usually ranging from 0 to 10, where "0" means "no pain" and "10" means pain as "bad as it could be". Higher values means worse outcomes. The investigators will compare average pain score assessed by numerical rating scale at the end of the trial period.
Users' Satisfaction (Questionnaire)	2 weeks	Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire after patients use it for 2 weeks.

Locations (1): Xinhua Translational Institute for Cancer Pain, Shanghai
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Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Xinhua Translational Institute for Cancer Pain, Shanghai
🇨🇳Shanghai, Shanghai, China