Virtual Reality Intervention for Stress, Resilience, and Blood Pressure Management in Black Women - Realist Women Study

University of Miami

Status: Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions: Hypertension; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Education Control; Other: VR Stress Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06544902

20240402

1K01HL175286-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Realist Women Study wants to see if a special program using virtual reality can help Black women deal with stress and improve Black women's heart health. The study team wants to see if using virtual reality (VR) can help with stress of Black women. The investigator will look at things like sleep, stress, and how well the VR works. The investigator also wants to know about any problems Black women might have using virtual reality.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-identified as a Black woman
• at least 21 years of age
• fluency in English
• International Classification of Diseases (ICD)10 diagnosis of hypertension
• being a South Florida resident
• willing to be audio-recorded

Exclusion criteria

• History of psychosis disorders
• absence of vision and cognitive impairment
• absence of epilepsy disorders
• absence of motion sickness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

VR-Stress Management Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive VR intervention for up to 6 months

Treatment:

Other: VR Stress Management

Education Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will be exposed to standard care through educational materials for up to 6 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education Control