Catastrophizing and Virtual Reality's Impact on Pain in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Aalborg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Pain

Treatments: Other: Cold Pressor Test; Other: Cold Pressor Test + Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04294914

SJ-822

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the potential association between Virtual Reality, pain catastrophizing thoughts and pain measures in fibromyalgia.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to understand, read and speak Danish
• Able to independently answer a questionnaire
• Able to give informed consent

Fibromyalgia group:

• Confirmed diagnosed with fibromyalgia

Controls:

• Healthy participants

Exclusion criteria

Applies for both groups:

• Signs of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome that require treatment
• Neurologic, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could influence the results.
• Parallel participating in other studies, that can influence this study
• Pregnancy

Fibromyalgia group:

• Regulation in medication
• Anticonvulsivant use the last week
• Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake Inhibitor (SNRI) the last two weeks
• Tricykliske antidepressants (TCA) the last four weeks

Controls:

• No regular use of pain medication
• No current or previous history of subacute or ongoing pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Fibromyalgia

Active Comparator group

Description:

Individuals with fibromyalgia.

Treatment:

Other: Cold Pressor Test + Virtual Reality

Other: Cold Pressor Test

Healthy controls

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy, pain-free individuals

Treatment:

Other: Cold Pressor Test + Virtual Reality

Other: Cold Pressor Test