Biofeedback Based Virtual Reality Intervention to Manage Postoperative Pain

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain, Pain, Postoperative, Pain, Acute, Surgery

In brief

To develop and refine a technology based treatment protocol for preoperative education and training and postoperative care in children and adolescents undergoing surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04943874

Run by

Vanessa Olbrecht

People needed

93

Starts

2022-03-10

Expected to finish

2025-08-22

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-15

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 12 -18 years
• Scheduled to undergo surgery anticipated to cause moderate to severe pain with expected length of stay > or = to 2 days
• Able to read, understand and speak English
• Patients requiring management by the Acute Pain Service
• Possession of a mobile device/computer available for study participation

You may not qualify if…

• Outside the age range (< 12 or > 18 years)
• Non-English speaking
• History of significant developmental delay, uncontrolled psychiatric conditions associated with hallucinations or delusions, or neurological conditions (especially epilepsy and/or significant motion sickness/nausea/vomiting)
• History of vertigo, dizziness, seizure disorder, and/or severe motion sickness
• History of chronic pain
• Are chronically using opioids and or benzodiazepines for the management of pain
• Are actively experiencing nausea or vomiting
• Conditions such as craniofacial abnormalities or surgeries of the head and neck
• Previous participation in this study

Where it is running

• Nemours Children's Hospital — Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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