Virtual Reality for Pain Control in US-Guided Obstetric Needle Procedures

Mount Sinai Health System

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Procedural Pain

Treatments: Device: Virtual Reality; Procedure: Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07094451

STUDY-25-00020

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-site randomized controlled pilot study at Mount Sinai Hospital evaluating the effect of virtual reality on procedural pain and anxiety in obstetric patients undergoing ultrasound-guided needle procedures. Patients will be randomized to receive either VR or standard care during the procedure and complete validated questionnaires assessing pain, anxiety, intervention acceptability, and satisfaction.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18
• English-speaking
• Undergoing ultrasound-guided needle procedure at Mount Sinai

Exclusion criteria

• History of seizures
• Severe motion sickness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients without Virtual Reality (VR)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard of care procedure without virtual reality.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound

Patients with Virtual Reality

Experimental group

Description:

Ultrasound-guided (US-Guided) procedure with virtual reality. Participants will wear a Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset during their ultrasound-guided needle procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound

Device: Virtual Reality