Development and Testing of a Mobile App for Pain Management Among Cancer Patients Discharged From Hospital Treatment: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Main Authors: Yang, Jing (Author), Weng, Lizhu (Author), Chen, Zhikui (Author), Cai, Hongfu (Author), Lin, Xiaoyan (Author), Hu, Zhijian (Author), Li, Na (Author), Lin, Bijuan (Author), Zheng, Bin (Author), Zhuang, Qian (Author), Du, Bin (Author), Zheng, Zhiyuan (Author), Liu, Maobai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe incidence of cancer pain increases in discharged patients because of discontinued standard treatments and reductions in medication adherence. Motivated by the need for better pain management in discharged patients, we developed a mobile phone app (Pain Guard) to provide continuous trea...