Pain Control After Trauma
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Trauma
In brief
Using Virtual Reality as a form of pain control for trauma patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00739076
- Run by
- University of Washington
- People needed
- 184
- Starts
- 2007-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-03
Who can join
Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age greater than or equal to 12 years
- Compliant and able to complete questionnaires
- Hospitalization for internal injuries requiring a laparotomy or for orthopedic injuries (closed long bone or calcaneus fractures).
- A minimum of 3 days hospitalization
- No history of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder
- Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder
- Able to communicate verbally
- Able to take oral medications
- Baseline pain level of >=5/10
- English-speaking
You may not qualify if…
- Age less than 12 years
- Not capable of indicating pain intensity
- Not capable of filling out study measures
- Hospitalization of less than 3 days
- Evidence of traumatic brain injury
- History of psychiatric (DSM-IV-R Axis I) disorder as evidenced in the admitting RN and MD admission notes.
- Demonstrating delirium, psychosis or any form of Organic Brain Disorder and associated memory problems.
- Unable to communicate orally.
- Unable to take oral medications
- History of sig. cardiac, endocrine, neurologic, metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal or genitourinary impairment
- Receiving prophylaxis for alcohol or drug withdrawal
- Developmental disability
- Mini-mental status score of greater than 20 in patients older than 80 years or suspected of cognitive deficits
- Non-English Speaking
- Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
- Seizure history
Where it is running
- University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
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