The Pain App Study: A Novel Shared Decision Making Tool for People With Chronic Pain (PainApp)
Chronic Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Chronic Pain focused on measuring shared decision-making, decision support tool, patient-provider communication, managing chronic pain, patient preferences, values clarification
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- chronic pain for at least 1 year.
- upcoming appointment with a referring health care provider about their chronic pain within the next 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- primary cause of pain due to cardiovascular or gastrointestinal problem
- unable or unwilling to give informed consent
- no access to internet
- unable to use a computer
- currently pregnant
- Unable to speak English
Sites / Locations
- Shared Decision Making Resources
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Interactive decision support tool
Control
Online interactive multimedia decision support tool that the patient interacts with before seeing their provider that helps them learn more about chronic pain, identify treatment goals and preferences, and communicate more effectively with their provider. The tool takes between 20-45 minutes to use. It generates and transmits a preference summary for the patient and a summary of relevant shared decision making elements and medical history elements intended for sharing with providers if the patient chooses.
Our control arm is a leading consumer-facing website designed for people with chronic pain (the ACPA). Subjects randomly assigned to this arm will be directed to the page focusing on communication tools, which also includes links to other parts of the website. The specific page is: https://theacpa.org/Communication-Tools