Virtual Reality in Plastic Surgery: Pain Control and Augmented Satisfaction

The Guthrie Clinic

Status

Completed

Conditions

Anxiety

Pain

Treatments

Other: Virtual reality

Other: Music

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03914937

1903-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is looking at whether wearing a virtual reality device will help reduce pain and anxiety during minor procedures

Full description

Patients who are undergoing minor plastic surgery procedures will be assigned to either wear a virtual reality device or to listen to music of their choice. Patients will still get the standard lidocaine/novocaine numbing agent. Patients will be asked questions about their anxiety level and pain level. Heart rate and blood pressure will be monitored as measures of anxiety and pain.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 99 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients scheduled for minor elective plastic surgery procedure
Patients without cognitive, visual or hearing impairments

Exclusion criteria

Patients with conditions that may prohibit participation or evaluation of the procedure (such as developmental delay)
Lesions that involve portions of the head or face that will prohibit the use of VR goggles
Severe vertigo
Patients with nausea, vomiting, dementia, motion sickness, stroke, seizure and epilepsy and those placed in isolation (MRSA, VRE) were excluded.
Patients who are pregnant
Hearing or visually impaired
Patients <18 years old