VR High Tech Pain Control Burn Wound Care (VRH2O)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain; Burn

Treatments: Behavioral: Control standard nurse wound care; Behavioral: Audio (sound of nature); Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT02427659

41673

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using virtual reality as a form of distraction for pain during wound care. Virtual reality involves looking into a set of goggles and then moving through a computer-simulated world.

Full description

This study has three different groups. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of three groups (two treatments and one control). Treatment for Group 1 is Virtual Reality Distraction during wound care. Group 2 will listen to an audio recording called "Sounds of Nature". Group 3 will be the control group.

Subjects in all three groups will receive the following questionnaires:

Graphic Rating Scale McGill Short-Form pain questionnaire Sullivan Catastrophization scale (only on Day 1/Baseline) The Nurse GRS

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than or equal to 18 years
• Compliant and able to complete questionnaires
• No history of psychiatric disorder
• Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder
• Able to communicate verbally
• English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years
• Not capable of indicating pain intensity
• Not capable of filling out study measures
• Evidence of traumatic brain injury
• History of psychiatric disorder
• Demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder and associated memory problems
• Unable to communicate orally
• Receiving prophylaxis for alcohol or drug withdrawal
• Developmental disability
• Any face/head/neck injuries that interfere with the use of Virtual Reality equipment
• Non-English Speaking
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
• Seizure history

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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8 participants in 3 patient groups

Virtual Reality Distraction

Other group

Description:

The subjects will receive a 20-minute Virtual Reality Distraction (VRD) during their wound care procedure. The nurse will be doing their wound care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction

Audio (sounds of nature)

Other group

Description:

The subjects will listen to an audio recording called "Sounds of Nature" during their wound care. The nurse will be doing the wound care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Audio (sound of nature)

control standard nurse wound care

Other group

Description:

The subjects will receive their standard care during wound care. The nurse will be doing the wound care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control standard nurse wound care