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A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app
BACKGROUND: Young children are at risk for poorly managed pain after surgery, with significant negative consequence to their quality of life and health outcomes. Mobile applications offer a highly accessible, engaging, and interactive medium to improve pain assessment and management; however, they g...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8730583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35005385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2018.1534543 |
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author | Birnie, Kathryn A. Nguyen, Cynthia Do Amaral, Tamara Baker, Lesley Campbell, Fiona Lloyd, Sarah Ouellette, Carley von Baeyer, Carl Lalloo, Chitra Gerstle, J. Ted Stinson, Jennifer |
author_facet | Birnie, Kathryn A. Nguyen, Cynthia Do Amaral, Tamara Baker, Lesley Campbell, Fiona Lloyd, Sarah Ouellette, Carley von Baeyer, Carl Lalloo, Chitra Gerstle, J. Ted Stinson, Jennifer |
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description | BACKGROUND: Young children are at risk for poorly managed pain after surgery, with significant negative consequence to their quality of life and health outcomes. Mobile applications offer a highly accessible, engaging, and interactive medium to improve pain assessment and management; however, they generally lack scientific foundation or support. AIMS: The aims of this study were to describe a successful parent–science partnership in the development and testing of Achy Penguin, a parent-developed iOS app to help assess and manage acute pain in young children, and to evaluate and refine the usability of Achy Penguin in young children with acute postoperative pain. METHODS: Three cycles of iterative usability testing were conducted with 20 4- to 7-year-old children (M = 5.8 years) in hospital who had recently undergone surgery (n = 6–7 children/cycle). Semistructured qualitative interviews were analyzed using simple content analysis. RESULTS: Feedback from children and further integration of evidence-based pediatric pain knowledge led to refinements in app pain assessment and management content, as well as app flow and functionality. Changes improved children’s ease of use and understanding and satisfaction by simplifying language in app instructions and content, adding audio and pictorial instructions, and increasing the engagement, interactiveness, immersiveness, and general appeal of pain management strategies. CONCLUSIONS: This article showcases the value of collaborative partnerships between various stakeholders (parents, app developers, and researcher/health care providers) to address gaps in pediatric pain care. The Achy Penguin app shows promise for improving pain assessment and management in young children, although further evaluation of app effectiveness and implementation is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-87305832022-01-06 A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app Birnie, Kathryn A. Nguyen, Cynthia Do Amaral, Tamara Baker, Lesley Campbell, Fiona Lloyd, Sarah Ouellette, Carley von Baeyer, Carl Lalloo, Chitra Gerstle, J. Ted Stinson, Jennifer Can J Pain Original Articles BACKGROUND: Young children are at risk for poorly managed pain after surgery, with significant negative consequence to their quality of life and health outcomes. Mobile applications offer a highly accessible, engaging, and interactive medium to improve pain assessment and management; however, they generally lack scientific foundation or support. AIMS: The aims of this study were to describe a successful parent–science partnership in the development and testing of Achy Penguin, a parent-developed iOS app to help assess and manage acute pain in young children, and to evaluate and refine the usability of Achy Penguin in young children with acute postoperative pain. METHODS: Three cycles of iterative usability testing were conducted with 20 4- to 7-year-old children (M = 5.8 years) in hospital who had recently undergone surgery (n = 6–7 children/cycle). Semistructured qualitative interviews were analyzed using simple content analysis. RESULTS: Feedback from children and further integration of evidence-based pediatric pain knowledge led to refinements in app pain assessment and management content, as well as app flow and functionality. Changes improved children’s ease of use and understanding and satisfaction by simplifying language in app instructions and content, adding audio and pictorial instructions, and increasing the engagement, interactiveness, immersiveness, and general appeal of pain management strategies. CONCLUSIONS: This article showcases the value of collaborative partnerships between various stakeholders (parents, app developers, and researcher/health care providers) to address gaps in pediatric pain care. The Achy Penguin app shows promise for improving pain assessment and management in young children, although further evaluation of app effectiveness and implementation is warranted. Taylor & Francis 2018-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8730583/ /pubmed/35005385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2018.1534543 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Birnie, Kathryn A. Nguyen, Cynthia Do Amaral, Tamara Baker, Lesley Campbell, Fiona Lloyd, Sarah Ouellette, Carley von Baeyer, Carl Lalloo, Chitra Gerstle, J. Ted Stinson, Jennifer A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title | A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title_full | A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title_fullStr | A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title_full_unstemmed | A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title_short | A parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: Co-development and usability testing of the Achy Penguin smartphone-based app |
title_sort | parent–science partnership to improve postsurgical pain management in young children: co-development and usability testing of the achy penguin smartphone-based app |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8730583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35005385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2018.1534543 |
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