The WOW Project (WOW): Wonders Of The World Through Virtual Reality for Hospitalized Children
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Virtual Reality
In brief
Hospitalized pediatric patients are unable to leave the hospital to engage in traditional learning environments. Patients often feel depressed, disconnected from learning, and socially withdrawn. The Stanford Chariot Program proposes a partnership with the Palo Alto Unified Hospital School at Stanford Children's Health to reignite patients' emotional well-being through learning. The WOW Project aims to use virtual reality (VR) to travel with hospitalized children to the Wonders of the World (WOW). Combining this immersive learning modality with complementary hands-on activities at the bedside, the investigators will transport them from their hospital room into a nurturing virtual environment to stimulate their emotional, mental, and social growth while they are physically healing. The investigators will evaluate their overall joy and awe of learning by using standardized emotional scales.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06911996
- Run by
- Stanford University
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2025-07-10
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-10-20
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Between the age of 5 and 17.
- English speaking.
- Anticipated in-patient stay for more than 1 day.
You may not qualify if…
- Legal guardian not present to obtain consent
- Child with a significant neurological condition, or major developmental disability
- Child with active infection of the face or hand
- A history of severe motion sickness
- A history of seizures caused by flashing light
- Major surgery within the last 12 hours
Where it is running
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford — Palo Alto, California, United States (enrolling)
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