Patient Centered Post-Op Pain Management Software Tool Interventional Study Verses Standard of Care

Launched by NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH AUTHORITY · Jun 17, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This will be a randomized, parallel group prospective interventional study. Patient participants will be consented and then randomized using a tool built into RedCap to either the "treatment group" and a "control group". The treatment group will be sent an email with instructions to set up a Pain Coach Account and download the app onto their mobile device. (Phone or tablet)The control group will not be offered Pain Coach technology and will just follow the usual care pathway for arthroplasty patients. When a participant in the treatment arm completes the initial questionnaire within the app...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Elective total shoulder (day surgery only), hip or knee arthroplasty completed within NSH, starting at the HI or DGH
• • OR date for surgery is known and booked
• • Able to access the internet via mobile device (has access to smart phone)
• • If expresses concern about low tech IQ, has a support person available
• • Able to read and write in English
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Non-elective arthroplasty surgery procedures (trauma, fractures)
• • Bilateral knee or hip arthroplasty
• • Unable to read or write in English
• • Lacks capacity to provide consent due to cognitive impairment
• • No access to internet or mobile device to use self-help pain management tools
• • Inpatient Shoulder arthroplasty as residents write these discharge prescriptions