Prevention of Postsurgical Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents (PREVENDOL)

"The mobile application will include the following modules:~1. Psychoeducation: information about what to expect from each phase of the surgical process (i.e., pre-operative, the surgery itself and the post-operative).~2. Activation control techniques: to teach different activation control techniques such as relaxation, breathing techniques and mindfulness training.~3. Cognitive restructuring and problem solving: to teach how to change maladaptive pain-related beliefs for more adaptive ones and how to better cope with pain.~4. Exercises and tasks: to encourage the use of the learning strategies we will offer a number of exercises and tasks~5. Parent's module: to teach parents about the surgical process and how they can help their children during the process"