Pain Procedures and Anxiolysis Via Distraction With Virtual Reality (PAIN-VR)

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Pain; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Device: Virtual Reality Headset Distraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04437173

1480456

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of VR distraction on reducing anxiety patients undergoing interventional pain procedures compared to placebo/active placebo or a non VR option.

Enrollment: 99 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged over 18 years old, who are referred to University of California Davis Pain Medicine Clinic and require an interventional pain procedure
• English speaking
• Having the ability to understand oral and written instructions
• Willing to fill out psychometric surveys.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Prisoners
• Patients who have high risk of motion sickness, seizure disorder, or visual/hearing impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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99 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Patients undergo interventional pain procedure with virtual reality distraction

Treatment:

Device: Virtual Reality Headset Distraction

No Intervention Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients undergo interventional pain procedure without virtual reality distraction