VR High Tech Pain Control Burn Wound Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain, Burn

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02427659

Run by

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

People needed

8

Starts

2011-11-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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