Virtual Reality Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Reduction (VRHChP)

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Behavioral: Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain; Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01099657

31498

Details and patient eligibility

About

We would like to determine how well hypnosis works when induced through virtual reality medium for patients who have suffered a major burn injury in the past two years and suffer from chronic pain. These patients are coming back to the outpatient burn and plastic clinic at Harborview Medical Center for routine follow-up. We think that patients will find VR-Hypnosis interesting, and it will help them relax and feel less pain.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 13 - 75 years
• Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain
• English-speaking
• Able to communicate orally

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 13 years or greater than 75 years
• Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain
• Non-English-speaking (Virtual Reality Hypnosis only available in English)
• Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder
• Unable to communicate verbally
• Significant developmental disability
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
• Significant head/or neck injury
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Hypnosis

Experimental group

Description:

Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain

Virtual Reality Distraction

Experimental group

Description:

Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain