The research team at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) developed the Pain Squad App for young cancer patients, aged 8 to 18, to monitor their pain levels before, during, and after medical procedures or treatments.
Pivot became involved in the project in 2014 to enhance the user experience of the existing PainSquad mobile app. Our main goal was to improve the gamification algorithm and incorporate new, easy-to-use features tailored to the specific needs of this particular user group. Despite limited access to our user groups due to research and privacy constraints, we were still able to gather user feedback at key stages throughout the process, which would help to inform the final design.
The outcome of the app has been twofold;
- Adolecsents are given real-time strategies to better manage and cope with their pain
- Nursing staff are able to better monitor and care for their patients