Virtual Reality for Post-operative Pain Management

Gillette Children's

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Spinal Fusion

Treatments: Device: Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03584776

STUDY00003725

Details and patient eligibility

About

Use an RCT study design to measure pain experience, medication use, medical side effects, and length of hospital stay with and without availability of VR following spine fusion surgery

Full description

The purpose of this study is to prospectively assess the utility of virtual reality (VR) for pain and anxiety management in the post-operative period following major orthopedic surgery. While there is substantial evidence supporting the use of VR during dressing changes for burn victims, there is little known about VR use in post-surgical settings. In the proposed study, patients will be randomized to either receive VR in addition to standard of care or to receive only standard of care during their post-operative care following spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis or neuromuscular scoliosis.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient is having a spinal fusion at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
• Patient with a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) or a diagnosis of neuromuscular scoliosis

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking parents/patients
• Patients with history of motion sickness
• Patients with epilepsy
• Patients with a ventricular shunt
• Patients with severe/profound cognitive impairments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Post Spinal Fusion

Experimental group

Description:

Patients randomized to the VR group will have the opportunity to utilize VR during the post operative period, and will also experience VR during research visits each day following surgery.

Treatment:

Device: Virtual Reality

Standard of Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients randomized to the non-VR condition will experience the usual standard of care following spinal fusion surgery. This will include 15-30 minutes of movie viewing during research visits.