Virtual Reality as a Intrinsic Motivation Intervention

Thomas Caruso

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Virtual Reality; Behavioral: Standard of Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05725395

68166

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal is to explore the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as an intervention to increase intrinsic motivation in a healthcare setting. The investigators would like to determine if an educational VR intervention in the course of healthcare could increase pediatric patient intrinsic motivation compared to standard of care (i.e no VR).

Full description

While virtual reality has gained momentum as a therapeutic supplement to distract from pain perception and to reduce anxiety, it has received less attention as an intervention to promote more holistic psychological intrinsic motivation in the course of in-patient care. Child and adolescent self-reported measures of intrinsic motivation have also been looked over in favor of parent or practitioner measures of a child's intrinsic motivation.

To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality on child and adolescent intrinsic motivation while undergoing hospital care, the investigators will determine the effect of virtual reality to 1) increase pediatric patient intrinsic motivation compared to standard of care using educational virtual reality, 2) establish a comprehensive profile of short-term psychological well-being in school-aged children and adolescents following admission to a hospital. Participants will serve as their own control to either receive intervention on the first day or second day of the in-patient care and no intervention will be given on the other day.

Enrollment: 158 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients' age range from 5 to 25 at LPCH/SHC facilities
• patient who speak english only

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who do not consent
• Have a history of seizure disorder
• Currently have nausea
• Have motion sickness
• Are clinically unstable
• Currently using corrective glasses (not compatible with VR headset)
• Currently pregnant
• non-English speakers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality then Standard of Care

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be randomized to receive the virtual reality intervention on the first day and receive standard of care on the second day of in-patient care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care

Behavioral: Virtual Reality

Standard of Care then Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be randomized to receive the standard of care on the first day and receive virtual reality intervention on the second day of in-patient care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care

Behavioral: Virtual Reality