Virtual Reality Experience in First Trimester D&C

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Conditions studied: First Trimester Abortion, Virtual Reality

In brief

Virtual reality (VR) has been used in health care settings to decrease anxiety and pain. This project is a feasibility study to evaluate whether virtual reality can be used in the setting of a first trimester pregnancy termination by D\&C and whether the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets can help decrease anxiety for patients during this procedure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03533036

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

30

Starts

2017-12-13

Expected to finish

2018-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or over
• Elective surgical abortion under local anesthesia
• English speaker

You may not qualify if…

• No psychiatric history
• No history of motion sickness or vertigo
• No history of seizures or epilepsy
• No recent eye surgery or visual impairment
• No claustrophobia.
• No current nausea or vomiting
• Not on seizure-threshold lowering medications

Where it is running

• University of California Los Angeles Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic — Los Angeles, California, United States

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