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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.664
igaa057.664
Abstracts
Session 2894 (Poster)
Pain: Symptoms and Management
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
You Have One Reminder: Self-Manage Your Pain
Shade Marcia 1 Rector Kyle 2 Soumana Rasila 1 Kupzyk Kevin 1 1 
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
2 
University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”205 205
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
Pain has a significant impact in the lives of aging adults. As the population of America grows older, they need to be encouraged to use pain self-management strategies. Technology is an option, but current pain management applications have usability limitations in older adults. This feasibility study describes the usability of voice assistant reminders for pain self-management. We enrolled 15 community-dwelling aging adults with chronic pain. Participants created two pre-determined voice assistant reminder tasks: 1) to take scheduled pain medication, and 2) to write in a pain diary. We collected data on demographics, pain, confidence of managing symptoms, and objective ease of use. After four weeks, we collected information about subjective ease of use and usefulness of the voice assistant. Participants were mostly female, average age 65 years; reporting moderate pain severity 4.58 (SD 2.29) and pain interference 3.94 (SD 2.62). The mean PROMIS self-efficacy for managing symptoms score was 50.8 (SD 8.2). Voice assistant usability was above average (78 out of 100). The median time to make a voice assistant profile was five minutes (SD 7.5), with a median of seeking help two times. No significant relationships were found between pain and usability. Three participants made physical activity and distraction reminders to self-manage pain. Voice assistant reminders were perceived as consistent, easy to set up and helpful for accountability. Older users may provide helpful feedback for development and testing of voice assistant software for pain self-management. Voice assistants may provide helpful reminders that encourage the completion of pain self-management strategies.