Can a smartphone app boost resilience in teens after surgery?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria (Adolescent Patient): * Patient is aged 12-17 years on the date of surgery * Surgery is a scheduled surgery (non-emergency) * Surgery is occurring within the University of Michigan hospital system (University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Brighton Ambulatory Surgery Center, East Ann Arbor Ambulatory Surgery Center) * Participants are able to enroll within 1-2 weeks of surgery * Patient and caregiver must be willing to participate * Adolescent and caregiver must have a compatible smartphone and/or tablet with internet access and be willing to download an app * Eligible patient is able to sign/assent form * Adolescent-caregiver dyad has at least one risk factor for adverse post-operative pain outcomes based on pre-enrollment screening (e.g., worries about managing pain, return to normal activities, limitations in doing desired activities, trouble with sleep) Inclusion Criteria (Caregiver): * Patient and caregiver must be willing to participate * Caregiver must be providing at least 50% of the patient's postsurgical caregiving * Caregivers agree to provide informed consent that is in regulatory compliance and IRBMED-approved and also in accordance with institutional guidelines * Adolescent and caregiver must have a compatible smartphone and/or tablet with internet access and be willing to download an app Exclusion Criteria (Adolescent Patient): * Adolescent or caregiver are unable to complete intervention activities or surveys in spoken or written English * Significant developmental delay, making it impossible for the participant to use an app to complete interventions or answer survey questions * Foster children or wards of the state are not eligible for inclusion * Hardware removal or debridement surgery (not considered as painful as other orthopedic surgeries) * Scoliosis surgery (due to extended longitudinal relationship with surgeon) * Concurrent participation in another behavioral/self-management intervention trial * Any impairment, activity, or situation that in the judgment of the Study Coordinator or Principal would make it inappropriate for the subject to participate Exclusion Criteria (Caregiver): * Significant developmental delay, making it impossible for the participant to use an app to complete interventions or answer survey questions * Adolescent or caregiver are unable to complete intervention activities or surveys in spoken or written English * Any impairment, activity, or situation that in the judgment of the Study Coordinator or Principal would make it inappropriate for the subject to participate