VR for Symptom Control and Wellbeing

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust60 enrolled

Overview

To investigate the effect that a Virtual Reality experience can have on patient symptoms and wellbeing for palliative care and oncology inpatients

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Oncology End Stage Cancer Palliative Care Hematologic Malignancy

Interventions

Virtual Reality Headset to provide a Virtual Reality ExperienceDEVICE

Participants will utilise a Virtual Reality experience for distraction therapy via a Virtual reality headset. Participants will wear the Virtual reality headset to be immersed in a multimedia experience.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria * \> 18 years of age * Inpatient at RCHT know to the palliative care team * Able to consent * Able to speak and understand the English language * Able to use the virtual reality system * Able to complete ESAS-r Questionnaire Exclusion criteria * \<18 years of age * Patient unable to consent * Patient unable to speak English * Unable to use the virtual reality system (e.g. visually impaired) * Known Epilepsy or seizures or suspected predisposition to seizures (e.g. Brain metastasis)

Locations (1)

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

ESAS-r Quality of Life Scores

Change in ESAS-r QoL score between start and finish of Virtual Reality experience. 0 = No symptoms to 10 = Worst Symptom

Time frame: Time 0 & Time 60 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Quantitative clinician experience of VR intervention

Clinician score of patient experience using Virtual Reality intervention for symptoms and wellbeing between 0 (negative) and 10 (positive)

Time frame: Time 60 minutes

Quantitative clinician experience of VR intervention

Patient score of experience using Virtual Reality intervention for symptoms and wellbeing between 0 (negative) and 10 (positive)

Time frame: Time 60 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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