mPCST for BMT Patients

Home-Based Tablet Computer Pain Coping Skills Following Stem Cell Transplant

We used a small randomized controlled trial (n=36) to compare a Mobile Health Pain Coping Skills (mPCST) to Usual Treatment for patients having received hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

The investigator proposes to develop and test a Mobile Health Pain Coping Skills (mPCST) protocol for HSCT patients with persistent pain to meet the challenges of HSCT patients with pain as they transition from hospital based care to their home environment. We used a small randomized controlled trial to examine the feasibility and acceptability, and engagement in the developed mPCST protocol. We compared the effects of usual care to the developed mPCST protocol on pain disability, pain self-efficacy, fatigue, and physical disability.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. receipt of an stem cell transplant due to an oncological disease,
2. no prior stem cell transplant,
3. report a clinical pain score of at least 3/10, and
4. an age of > 21.