Efficacy of an mHealth intervention to support pain self-management and improve analgesia in patients with rib fractures: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In light of the risks of over-reliance on opioid analgesia during recovery from rib fractures, there is increased interest in the efficacy of non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. This paper describes the protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of an mHealth intervention for reducing pain intensity, pain-related distress and opioid use during early recovery from rib fractures.

Methods and analysis

Adults (N=120) with isolated rib fractures will be recruited within 24 hours of admission to a large public hospital in Sydney, Australia (single site), and randomised (1:1 allocation) to an intervention or active control group. Clinicians, participants and statisticians will be blind to participants' group allocati

SUBMITTER: Ashton-James CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552598 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature