Designing a multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic for adolescents

Happyr Health是一家总部位于英国的数字健康公司，由两位慢性疼痛患者创立。它正在遵循一项愿景，将福祉和健康带入患有慢性疼痛的青少年的生活。患有慢性疼痛的青少年需要获得信息和互动练习，这不仅是为了他们的身体健康，也是为了他们的情感和社会福祉。然而，NHS目前无法向所有需要它的人提供推荐的支持。在全国范围内，只有极少数专科诊所可供使用，这些诊所对NHS来说既昂贵又低效，儿科诊所无法满足对这些服务逐年增长的需求（Campbell, 2022; PICANet, 2021； RCPCH, 2019; Forster, 2017）。利用设计基金会的竞赛资金，我们正在寻求为患有偏头痛的青少年设计一个易于访问和用户友好的数字疼痛诊所。该诊所的目的是让患者轻松获得有关其疾病的优质教育，推荐的自我保健练习以及与偏头痛/疼痛专家的联系。在与斯特林大学和国家偏头痛中心合作的设计研究过程中，我们将确定患有慢性疼痛的青少年的需求，让他们直接参与反馈，并与用户一起测试第一个原型。该项目将由Happyr Health管理和实施，该公司是儿科慢性疼痛管理领域的老牌企业。Happyr Health为患有偏头痛的青少年提供支持的产品组合包括自我管理应用程序“Tamer”（目前正在与斯特林大学进行一项研究评估）及其在线（医疗保健@Udemy中排名第一）疼痛管理家长课程。拟议的设计基金会资助项目为期六个月，将使该公司能够开发出高保真的原型，然后可用于后续的试点项目。

Happyr Health is a UK-based digital health company founded by two chronic pain patients. It is following a vision to bring wellbeing and health into the lives of adolescents with chronic pain. Adolescents with chronic pain need to access information and interactive exercises not only for their physical health but equally for their emotional and social wellbeing. However, the NHS currently cannot provide the recommended support to all who need it. Throughout the country, only very few specialist clinics are available which are costly and inefficient for the NHS and the increasing demand year on year for these services cannot be met by paediatric clinics (Campbell, 2022; PICANet, 2021; RCPCH, 2019; Forster, 2017). Utilising the Design Foundation competition funding, we are seeking to design an easily accessible and user-friendly digital pain clinic for adolescents suffering from migraine. Aim of the clinic is to give patients easy access to quality education about their disease, recommended self-care exercises and contact with migraine/pain experts. In a design research process together with the University of Stirling and the National Migraine Centre, we will identify the needs of adolescents with chronic pain, involve them directly for feedback and test the first prototype with users. The project will be managed and conducted by Happyr Health, an established player in paediatric chronic pain management. Happyr Health's product portfolio to support adolescents with migraine includes the self-management app 'Tamer' (currently being evaluated in a study with the University of Stirling) and its online (\#1 in Healthcare @Udemy) pain management parent course. The proposed Design Foundations grant project is for six months and would enable the company to develop a high-fidelity prototype which will then be available for follow-on pilot projects.