Virtual Reality on the IMC

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Feasibility of Virtual Reality Stimulation for Critically Ill Patients

Treatments: Device: Virtual Reality Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05380700

KEK2020-00039b

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this substudy (main study NCT04498585) is to determine the feasibility of applying virtual reality stimulation to patients in the intermediate care unit. Patients on this ward are generally more awake and alert than patients in the intensive care unit, thereby they are able to provide feedback about their experience. As the intermediate care unit is not without stress, examining the physiological parameters (e.g., heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, etc.) could also provide telling information as to the calming effect of virtual reality. The movements of these patients are also recorded using accelerometers which will provide valuable information about the characteristics of the movements that patients make while confined to their beds. These movements can act as a reference for further investigation into movements related to delirium which is a secondary outcome measure of the main study.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent
• Aged ≥18 years
• No severe visual or auditory impairments (strabismus, macular degeneration, retinopathy)
• German or French speaking
• Estimated length of stay (from time of study inclusion) >24 hours

Exclusion criteria

• Patients without calotte, with external ventricular drainage or other Intracranial pressure probes
• Patients with epilepsy
• Patients with Covid-19

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Virtual Reality Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will be receiving the standard care and additionally the VR stimulation during their stay in the intermediate care unit.

Treatment:

Device: Virtual Reality Stimulation