VRH Pain Reduction During Burn Wound Care and Physical Therapy

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burn

Treatments: Behavioral: using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00260221

R01GM042725 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

19635-B

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

Full description

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is more effective relief of pain and anxiety during wound care procedures in burn-injured patients that are treated with Virtual Reality Hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestion.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than or equal to 7 years
• Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain
• English-speaking
• Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or any form of Organic Brain Disorder
• Able to communicate orally

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 7 years
• Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain
• Non-English-speaking
• Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder
• Unable to communicate verbally
• Significant developmental disability
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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77 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Arm one uses Virtual Reality Hypnosis post hypnotic suggestions to reduce pain durng wound care procedures.

Treatment:

Behavioral: using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis

2

Experimental group

Description:

Arm two uses Virtual Reality distraction that is administered at times other than during burn care procedure to control for both for attention and high technology.

Treatment:

Behavioral: using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis

3

Experimental group

Description:

Arm three use Audio administered Hypnosis without the visual technology.

Treatment:

Behavioral: using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis