Role of Virtual Reality (VR) in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Sickle Cell Disease, Virtual Reality, Anxiety, Depression, Cancer
In brief
Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and cancer often have complicated courses while hospitalized and often deal with pain, anxiety and depression. Advances in the field of technology provide potential avenues for innovative and improved care models for our patients. Virtual reality (VR) has been recently utilized to improve anxiety and pain in a variety of patient populations including children undergoing elective surgery and children experiencing intravenous cannulation in the Emergency Department. Patients with SCD and cancer, both adults and children, are a group of patients that can benefit from VR as part of their care. Over the past four years, our team has successfully implemented several self-developed mobile applications ("apps") for our patients, in addition to integrating objective data (heart rate, activity, stress) from wearable activity trackers. The investigators now propose implementing a feasibility study followed by a pilot study and randomized-controlled trial of the use of VR in patients with SCD and cancer. The investigators plan to assess pain and anxiety prior to the session as well as following the session in hospitalized patients and outpatients with SCD and cancer. The sessions will include a ten-minute relaxation response introductory narrative segment (deep breathing and mindfulness) followed by a ten-minute narrated and immersive VR. Heart rate will be tracked using an Apple iWatch for 30 minutes prior to the session, during the session, and following the session. We anticipate VR will not only be a feasible method to provide non-pharmacologic treatment, but will also significantly reduce pain and anxiety.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03387033
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 20
- Starts
- 2018-02-05
- Expected to finish
- 2019-04-25
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-03-01
Who can join
Age: 8 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- These patients must have a diagnosis of chronic or acute pain (current pain or baseline pain score >0) AND
- These patients must have anxiety and depressive symptoms as measured by the GAD-7 or PHQ-9 questionnaires
You may not qualify if…
- Patients <8 years old
Where it is running
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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