Digital psychology intervention (ADOPT-CP)Reminder Emails
Digital psychology intervention (ADOPT-CP): The intervention, Manage My Pain (MMP), is a clinically validated app-based platform that supports individuals with chronic pain in self-managing their symptoms and improving communication and engagement with their care team.
Reminder Emails: Weekly emailed pain self-management resources introduced during the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute (TAPMI) orientation
Study summary
Chronic pain affects more than 20% of Canadians and is associated with significant impacts on physical function, mental health, and quality of life. Despite efforts to improve access to multidisciplinary pain care through centralized referral systems, many patients continue to experience prolonged wait times before receiving treatment.
This study evaluates a self-guided digital psychological intervention designed to support chronic pain self-management during the waiting period for specialized pain care. The intervention was developed through a collaboration between the Transitional Pain Service and ManagingLife and aims to improve access to evidence-based psychological support, enhance self-management skills, and reduce pain-related distress among individuals living with chronic pain.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Must be deemed to have capacity to provide informed consent;
2. Must sign and date the informed consent form;
3. Must state willingness to comply with all study procedures;
4. Must be at least 18 years of age;
5. Must be referred to TAPMI;
6. Must have either fibromyalgia or chronic pelvic pain
7. Must be on the waitlist at TAPMI;
8. Must have access to a device that can connect to the Internet with access to email.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Currently engaged in psychotherapy or engaged in psychotherapy within the last month at the time of enrolment;
2. Unable to read, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to provide informed consent and complete the study procedures and questionnaires;
3. Has active serious mental illness or psychiatric instability that, in the opinion of the research team, may impair the ability to safely participate in the study or to provide informed consent (e.g., active psychosis, active mania);
4. Has a visual, auditory, or other functional impairment that would prevent independent access to and use of the digital intervention and study procedures on an internet-enabled device.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Trial feasibility — 10 weeks Measured according to the CONSORT criteria and include: eligibility rate, recruitment rate, retention rate, measure completion, absence of or minor adverse events.
Engagement with the digital ADOPT-CP intervention — 10 weeks Measured via MMP app analytics (usage rates, completion of psychology program, etc.)
Acceptability and Appropriateness of the ADOPT-CP intervention — 10 weeks The Treatment Evaluation Inventory-Short Form (TEI-SF) is a self-report measure assessing the acceptability and perceived appropriateness of a treatment or intervention, with higher scores indicating greater treatment acceptability.
Acceptability and Adherence of the ADOPT-CP intervention — 10 weeks The Treatment Acceptability/Adherence Scale (TAAS) is a self-report measure assessing perceived acceptability of an intervention and anticipated or actual adherence, with higher scores indicating greater acceptability and adherence.
Experience using the ADOPT-CP intervention — 14 weeks a semi-structured interview guide will be used to explore participant experiences, barriers and facilitators to use, acceptability, engagement, and opportunities to refine the digital intervention prior to a larger trial.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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