Pijnklachten als gevolg van (de behandeling van) kinderkanker Treatment- and illness related pain in pediatric oncology
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention group will have the KLIK Pijnmonitor app at their disposal.
This includes the opportunity (note: not requirement) to report pain intensity
whenever a child is in pain and therewith
Sponsors
Prinses Máxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All children between the ages of 0 - 18 years old who are in active treatment at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology are eligible for this study. Furthermore, study participants (patient or parent) have to understand and speak the Dutch language. Also, they need to have a smartphone on which the app can be downloaded (available via the Apple Store and Google Play Store).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Due to the switch from *Huawei Mobile Services* to its own operating system - forced by new US legislation that prohibits this company from using Google Mobile Services in Android - users of Huawei phones currently cannot receive pop-up notifications from apps. As a result, an important function of the KLIK Pain Monitor app (the daily reminders to score pain set by users themselves) will be lost. In order to reliably test the effectiveness of the app, all users need to have access to the same functionalities. As Huawei is not expected to provide a solu-tion on short term, we have chosen to exclude Huawei-users from this study. Data collected by the app developer based on another app they built (650.000 users) shows that roughly 6% uses a Huawei phone. We do not expect that this measure will influence the results of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary study parameter is the prevalence of clinically significant pain. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary study parameters include children*s pain severity, pain duration, pain management strategies, interference of pain with daily life, Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), parental emotional well-being, and HCP's and families' attitudes towards the app (determinants of implementation: barriers and facilitators). This will all be assessed using questionnaires. Furthermore, data from the electronic patient dossier (EPD/HIX) will be used to assess the amount of consultations each group (intervention and control) had with the hospital regarding pain, apart from the app (i.e. parents calling the hospital or discussing pain with nurse or oncologist during hospital visits). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed