Research Opportunities!
Be a Hero and Help to Bring Power Over Pain!
Want to help youth gain power over their pain? By joining our research studies, you can be a part of finding new ways to make things easier for youth living with chronic pain. Whether you are a youth or parent of a child with chronic pain, our study opportunities give you both a chance to make a difference!
Join us in this important mission and make a real difference. Explore this page to learn more about current study opportunities and become a hero for youth living with pain today!
Learn how Power Over Pain (POP) can help you with your pain!
Hear from youth living with pain!
Katherine and Hunter share their unique journey with chronic pain and their experiences.
Ongoing Power Over Pain Studies
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Ongoing Power Over Pain Studies 🔴
Waitlist Study
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We are interested in learning if the Portal will be helpful for you while you wait for your tertiary care appointment.
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if you are between the ages of 12-18 years
if you live with chronic pain i.e. pain that lasts longer than 3 months
if you currently are on a waitlist for a tertiary care clinic in Canada
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Click the link to sign up for the Waitlist study and someone from our research team will reach out!
Community Study
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We would like to see if the Power Over Pain Portal would be helpful for youth living with chronic pain!
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if you are between the ages of 12-18 years
if you live with chronic pain i.e. pain that lasts longer than 3 months
if you are not on a waitlist for a tertiary care clinic
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Click the link to sign-up for the Community study and someone from our research team will reach out!
Parent Study
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We are interested in understanding how the Portal can help parents of youth with chronic pain.
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Parents of youth with chronic pain
Parents who can speak and read English
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Click the link to sign-up for the Caregiver study and someone from our research team will reach out!
Hear from our users!
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“This resource helps in making things a bit better, which makes such a difference.”
POP User (Age 17)
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“…[the tracking feature] was good, you know, this is how you’re doing in this category…here are some resources that might be helpful to you. I thought that was good.”
POP User (Age 14)
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“It was nice to just see the scores too, and compare from week to week…an overview of how my week was going pain or anxiety wise…”
POP User
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"I genuinely thought the whole thing was organized pretty well like good resources, and the surveys, just everything was pretty well organized"
POP User (Age 16)
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“Thank you for helping me!”
POP User
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"I took screenshots of like that little chart at the end [of the tracking feature] and like each score just cause I was like just be able to compare week to week. "
POP User (Age 16)
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"It [peer mentorship] was good. Like, it was just nice to relate to someone and actually have someone to talk to about it and realize, like, understand how it affects people."
POP User (Age 17)
FAQs
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No, the Portal is completely free for all users to create an account and access the resources!
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Unfortunately no! You can only participate in one study at a time.
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You will be given volunteer hours and a giftcard for your time and effort. Each study has different compensation, so click on the study sign-up link to learn more!
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Yay, feel free to send this page to anyone you think can participate in any of the studies.
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