Condition: Chronic Pain · Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of extreme stress in youth. Without treatment, short-term pain can last for months to years (called 'chronic pain'; CP), a problem already affecting 1 in 5 Canadian youth. The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest threats to youth mental health seen in generations. CP in childhood can trigger a wave of mental health issues that last well into adulthood. In 2019, we learned that "access to pain care" is poor and a priority for youth with CP and their families. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has only made access more difficult. In 2020, we created an online "stepped care" program called the Power over Pain Portal for youth with CP. Stepped care is a promising way to improve access to CP care by tailoring care based on the symptoms each youth is experiencing. Like a ladder, youth start with one type of care and then "step up" or "step down" to more or less intense care depending on what they need. Over the past year, funded by CIHR, we worked with hundreds of youth and healthcare professionals across Canada to understand how the pandemic has affected pain and mental health. We also summarized all online pain self-management programs including peer support for youth to find the best resources to include in the Portal and will translate the portal content into French. Together with a diverse group of youth with CP, we have now co-designed the online Portal. The next step (focus of this grant) is to test the Portal with youth to ensure it can be …
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Jennifer N Stinson, RN, PhD · 416-813-7654 · jennifer.stinson@sickkids.ca
Chitra Lalloo, PhD · 416-813-7654 · chitra.lalloo@sickkids.ca
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| IWK Health Center | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| McMaster Children's Hospital | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital London Health Sciences | London, Ontario, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Hospital for Sick Children | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Recruiting |
| CHU Sainte-Justine | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Jim Pattison | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Alberta Children's Hospital | Calgary, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Stollery Children's Hospital | Edmonton, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| Montreal Children's Hospital | Montreal, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
| BC Children's Hospital | Vancouver, Canada | Not Yet Recruiting |
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