Healing Hearts of Hospitalized Patients

Stanford University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Loneliness; Anxiety; Pain; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: VR with a trained facilitator; Behavioral: VR without a trained facilitator.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06935604

80473

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to study virtual reality (VR) facilitation with adult inpatients using VR as a way to alter pain perception and reduce emotional distress during their hospitalization. Specifically, this study will evaluate the outcomes of patients who experience VR with and without a trained facilitator as a form of escapism.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged 18 years and above
• Able to provide informed consent
• Able to follow commands
• Adequate motor skills for upper extremities to operate VR equipment
• Clinically stable
• English speaking
• Willing to engage in VR

Exclusion criteria

• Severe cognitive impairment
• Facial trauma prohibiting headset use
• Physical limitations in facial, neck, upper extremities that hinder use of VR equipment
• Aggression or violence
• Harm to self or others
• Isolation room
• History of seizures or other neurological conditions
• Severe motion sickness
• Active nausea
• Severe visual impairment
• Severe cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

VR a trained facilitator.

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: VR with a trained facilitator

VR without a trained facilitator.

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: VR without a trained facilitator.