Virtual Reality for Burn Wound Care Pain Control
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Pain, Anxiety
In brief
The investigators propose to study the effects of virtual reality (VR) on patients' pain perception during burn wound care. Such variables include psychiatric diagnosis and standard pain coping (i.e. pain catastophizer vs. non-pain catastrophizer).Aims: The investigators intend to evaluate the use of virtual reality in pain distraction for burn patients undergoing burn wound care. To that end our aims are: 1) To determine if pain perception will be less during the portion of the procedure in which the patient is immersed in the VR session in comparison to the portion of wound care which will occur without VR immersion. 2) To determine if anticipatory anxiety will be less for the portion of wound care that includes the virtual reality in comparison to the portion without virtual reality. 3) To determine if current psychiatric diagnosis, especially acute stress disorder and depression, is related to higher pain perception and greater decrease in pain with the virtual reality distraction. 4) To determine if being a "pain catastrophizer" is related to higher pain perception and greater benefits from the
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00663013
- Run by
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- People needed
- 12
- Starts
- 2007-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-01-04
Who can join
Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 12-100years
- Minimum burn wound size of 2% total body surface area (TBSA) excluding head and dominant hand
- Be able to sit upright independently in bed
- Minimum pain rating of 4/10 on a Visual Analog Scale (only using the most painful extremity).
- Able to consent to the study
You may not qualify if…
- Known history of motion sickness
- Seizures
- Migraines
- Current psychosis, dementia, or delirium
- Current blindness and/or deafness that significantly affects their ability to experience the VR
Where it is running
- New York Presbyterian Hospital, WRH Burn Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
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