Building Compassionate Digital Capacity to Manage Childhood Cancer Pain: Parent Co-Design of the PainCaRe app.

Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Almost all children with cancer will experience pain. This pain decreases quality of life for the child and their caregivers—and is a significant financial burden to families and health systems. App-based digital solutions are uniquely poised to offer real-time and accessible compassionate healthcare and…

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Using immersive virtual reality to decrease pain and distress in patients in complex continuing care

Affiliate Investigator, Bruyère Research Institute Many patients in complex continuing care (CCC) experience pain, either chronic or episodic (for example, during wound dressing changes).  The objective of Lisa’s project is to assess the impact of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) on pain and distress in patients living in CCC. Up to 50 patients will receive IVR…

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