Treatment of Parental Anxiety Virtual Reality (VR)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety, Parents, Virtual Reality

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive distracting devices (Virtual Reality headset) are more effective than the standard of care (i.e., no technology based distraction) for preventing anxiety in parental and pediatric populations

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05729347

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

485

Starts

2023-06-01

Expected to finish

2025-10-13

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 18-99 (Parents whose children is hospitalized)
• Able to consent
• Parents whose child is undergoing various procedures at LPCH and Stanford Hospital and Clinics.

You may not qualify if…

• People who do not consent
• Significant Cognitive Impairment
• History of Severe Motion Sickness
• Current Nausea
• Seizures
• Visual Problems
• Patients whose children are clinically unstable or require urgent/emergent intervention

Where it is running

• Lucile Parkard Children's Hospital — Stanford, California, United States

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