VRH Pain Reduction During Burn Wound Care and Physical Therapy

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)77 enrolled

Overview

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is more effective relief of pain and anxiety during wound care procedures in burn-injured patients that are treated with Virtual Reality Hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestion.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Burn

Interventions

using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosisBEHAVIORAL

a between subject comparison using VR hypnosis and VR distraction and audio hypnosis for pain control

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age greater than or equal to 7 years * Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain * English-speaking * Not demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or any form of Organic Brain Disorder * Able to communicate orally Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 7 years * Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain * Non-English-speaking * Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder * Unable to communicate verbally * Significant developmental disability * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness

Locations (1)

University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

we use GRS, VAS, McGill,and nurse GRS to measure the pain.

Time frame: once a day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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