Reducing Adult Inpatients Anxiety With Virtual Reality Meditation

Stanford University

Status: Begins enrollment in 3 months

Conditions: Anxiety; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Behavioral: Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06234254

73841

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate if non-invasive, distracting devices (virtual reality) can decrease anxiety and improve affect and satisfaction in adult, hospitalized patients.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between age 18-99
• hospitalized at Stanford Health Care
• english-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• significant cognitive impairment or inability to consent
• current nausea
• visual problems or currently using corrective glasses that are incompatible with the virtual reality headset
• a history of severe motion sickness
• a history of seizures cause by flashing light
• clinically unstable or require immediate/urgent intervention

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

Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be immersed in a virtual environment. Calming scenery will be shown via the headset for 20-30 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention (i.e. virtual reality headset) will be applied to the participant.