Effects of Virtual Reality MRI Preparedness

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Educational Problems

Treatments: Device: Pico G2 4k

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05086263

CHLA-21-00107

Details and patient eligibility

About

Magnetic resonance imaging is an important and increasingly prevalent imaging modality used in healthcare. Children often find the procedure anxiety provoking causing difficulty in staying still and providing quality images. The use of preparation techniques including play therapy and role play utilizing such tools as a fiberglass mock MRI have shown to reduce anxiety and facilitate better image quality. Modalities of preparation including Virtual Reality (VR) pose as an alternative to habituate children for a MRI procedure.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 9 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child is between the ages of 8-9 years inclusive
• Child scheduled for a clinical MRI at CHLA.

Exclusion criteria

• Child is younger than 8 years or older than 9 years. These are the bottom end of age ranges that are frequently sedated.
• Children who have metal in their bodies that cannot participant in an MRI.
• Medical history that may affect brain development that may confound ability to complete an MRI without sedation.
• Children suffering from epilepsy or history of seizures who may react poorly to a virtual reality intervention.
• Child who has a history of MRI acquisition where habituation and preparedness may not be needed.
• Child with English as a second language due to restrictions of research team.
• Child with implantable medical devices or personal medical devices that may be affected by the study device's radio waves

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard of Care (No VR) Randomization

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants would take the same questionnaires as the VR interventional group except the RT questionnaire. Then they will proceed with their MRI.

VR Randomization

Experimental group

Description:

The virtual reality MRI training will be conducted immediately after completion of the questionnaires in a distraction free room. The training explains the procedure to the viewer and addresses common questions that individuals often have regarding an MRI. Using audio/visual cues and biofeedback training is aimed to mimic the experience of the MRI with real audio recordings of image acquisition, in order to adequately train the view to stay still in an MRI procedure. The research subject will continue with their regularly scheduled MRI. The modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) is an observational measure and will be completed by research staff.

Treatment:

Device: Pico G2 4k