Healthy Volunteer Undergoing Painful Stimuli With and Without Hypnosis and Virtual Reality

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Overview

The main purposes of this study are as follows: Compare the effect of painful stimuli with and without Hypnosis and Virtual Reality (HVR) on healthy volunteers. * Use of sensors and captors to monitor physiological and neurophysiological changes by painful stimulus * Monitor level of pain and anxiety with and without HVR * Monitor level of unpleasantness of the pain with and without HVR * Monitor level of Anxiety, Absorption, Dissociation, Satisfaction and Comfort with and without HVR

The control of pain and anxiety in a hospital environment is usually managed by pharmacological means that involve a series of risks and side effects. For many years, non-drug solutions have been of interest to the public and the care staff. The benefits of hypnosis and of virtual reality are highlighted in many studies and today allow a different approach to medicine. It is important to invest in tools that are less expensive and also effective for the well-being of the patient and the care staff. The use of a blended solution using both clinical hypnosis and virtual reality has been only scarcely documented.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Digital Sedation

Interventions

Virtual RealityDEVICE

Subjects will undergo painful stimuli without HVR followed by a session with HVR. Subjects are their own control

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- 18 years old to 70 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Deaf subject * Blind * Non-proficiency in French (research language) * Psychiatric disorder * Patient under 18 years old * Phobia of deep water * Head or face wounds * Claustrophobia * Neurological disease * Allergy to cutaneous electrodes * Chronic pain and/or chronic analgesics consumption * Medication affecting the autonomic nervous system * Dizziness

Locations (1)

Université de Liège- CHU

Liège, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Compare physiological and neurophysiological changes to painful stimulation with and without Hypnosis and Virtual Reality (HVR)

To understand the effect of VRH on the Physiological and neurophysiological parameters recorded by sensors and captors

Time frame: During the procedure

Secondary Outcomes

Pain and anxiety

To understand the effect of VRH on the level of pain and anxiety. Pain and anxiety Pain assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). Participants will record their pain intensity rating on a Visual analogue scale where 0 = No pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain. Subject will record also their level of anxiety on the same VAS

Time frame: Immediately before and after the procedure

Unpleasantness of the pain

To understand the effect of VRH on the level of the unpleasantness of the pain assessed by visual analogue scale. Participants similarly record their pain unpleasantness parting on a VAS where 0= not at all unpleasant and 10= most unpleasantness imaginable.

Time frame: Immediately after the procedure

Absorption, Dissociation, Satisfaction and comfort, presence and cybersickness

To understand the effect of VRH on the level of Absorption, Presence, Dissociation, Satisfaction and comfort assessed by visual analogue scale. Participant record their level of absorption, dissociation, satisfaction and comfort on a VAS where 0 = no absorption, no dissociation, no satisfaction and no comfort at all. 10 is the opposite

Time frame: Immediately after the procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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