Virtual Reality for Pain Management in Advanced Heart Failure

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure，Congestive, Acute Pain, Chronic Pain

In brief

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality therapy on mitigating heart failure pain in hospitalized patients with heart failure and compare this impact to that of 2-dimensional guided imagery distraction therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04572425

Run by

Medstar Health Research Institute

People needed

94

Starts

2018-10-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• hospitalized at study institution
• primary diagnosis of ACC/AHA Stage C or D heart failure
• reports pain on 0-10 Likert scale at least 4/10 or greater
• Exclusion Criteria (any of the following):
• participant already uses virtual reality for personal use
• intractable nausea/vomiting
• history of motion sickness
• history of seizures or epilepsy
• have cranial structure abnormalities that prevent use of VR headset
• currently enrolled in a palliative care or pain management study
• on contact isolation

Where it is running

• MedStar Washington Hospital Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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