Treatment of Parental Anxiety Virtual Reality (VR)

Stanford University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Parents; Anxiety; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Behavioral: Virtual Reality headset with calming scenery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05729347

69068

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive distracting devices (Virtual Reality headset) are more effective than the standard of care (i.e., no technology based distraction) for preventing anxiety in parental and pediatric populations

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 18-99 (Parents whose children is hospitalized)
• Able to consent
• Parents whose child is undergoing various procedures at LPCH and Stanford Hospital and Clinics.

Exclusion criteria

• People who do not consent
• Significant Cognitive Impairment
• History of Severe Motion Sickness
• Current Nausea
• Seizures
• Visual Problems
• Patients whose children are clinically unstable or require urgent/emergent intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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500 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.