A Mobile Recovery Guidance App for Children and Young Adults With Acute Ankle Inversion Injuries
A Mobile Recovery Guidance App for Children and Young Adults With Acute Ankle Inversion Injuries: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Naveen Poonai
250 participants
Aug 24, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Summary
Ankle sprains are the most common musculoskeletal complaint of children presenting to the emergency department (ED). Healing can often be protracted, leading to prolonged pain, missed school and work, and delayed return to a normal activity level. Smartphone apps have been shown to be associated with greater caregiver knowledge and improved outcomes in a number of conditions but have not been explored in ankle sprains. We would like to know if using a smartphone app for children with ankle inversion injuries leads to improved functional outcomes such as pain, mobility, and return to activity. We will be comparing a smartphone app that provides education and daily management reminders to a paper handout to see if the former leads to improved functional recovery.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Age 12-30 years
- Presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department of the Children's Hospital or Adult Emergency Department, London Health Sciences Centre, London, or ntario, St. Joseph Urgent Care Centre, London, Ontario, with a unilateral acute (<= 48 hours) ankle injury based on clinical diagnosis by ED physician
- Able to use a WiFi enabled smartphone with either an iOS or Android operating system with enough memory capability to host the App.
Exclusion Criteria5
- Unable to read or understand English above at least a grade 8 literacy level in the absence of a native language interpreter
- Not independently ambulatory prior to injury (without the use of an assistive device)
- Developmental disability precluding the full comprehension of study-related procedures
- Multi-system or multi-limb injuries
- Concomitant radiographically proven lower extremity fracture or dislocation (with the exception of a suspected Salter-Harris type I injury)
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Interventions
App that provides recovery guidance based on pain and functional outcomes
Paper based discharge instruction that provide information on pain management
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NCT05785533