Virtual Reality Pain Control During Burn Wound Care

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)184 enrolled

Overview

Using Virtual Reality as a form of Distraction during Burn Care.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality (a form of distraction) in order to reduce patients' procedural burn pain.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

184

Conditions

Burn

Interventions

Virtual Reality DistractionBEHAVIORAL

Using virtual reality distraction during a procedure

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 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: * Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain * Non-English-speaking * Severe head or neck injury or other medical conditions that prohibit patient from wearing VR helmet * Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder * Unable to communicate verbally * Significant developmental disability * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness * Reports having no problem with pain during wound care.

Locations (1)

University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

We use GRS, McGill to measure the outcome.

Time frame: once a day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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