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，由两名慢性疼痛患者创立。它遵循的是为患有慢性疼痛的青少年的生活带来福祉和健康的愿景。患有慢性疼痛的青少年需要获得信息和互动锻炼，不仅是为了他们的身体健康，也是为了他们的情感和社会健康。然而，NHS目前无法为所有需要它的人提供建议的支持。在全国范围内，只有很少的专科诊所可用，这对NHS来说是昂贵和低效的，儿科诊所无法满足对这些服务逐年增长的需求(Campbell，2022年；PICANet，2021年；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容易地获得关于他们的疾病的高质量教育，推荐的自我护理练习，并与偏头痛/疼痛专家联系。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，直接让他们参与反馈，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，Happyr Health是儿科慢性疼痛管理领域的老牌参与者。Happyr Health支持青少年偏头痛的产品组合包括自我管理应用程序‘Tamer’(目前正在斯特林大学的一项研究中进行评估)及其在线(Healthcare@Udemy排名第一)疼痛管理家长课程。拟议的设计基金会赠款项目为期六个月，将使该公司能够开发高保真原型，然后可用于后续试验项目。

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.