Magic Bowl Virtual Reality Analgesia

N/ACompletedNCT07192822

University of Washington24 enrolled

Overview

Participants will rate how much pain they experience during several brief thermal stimulations at painful but tolerable temperatures participants pre-approve. During some of the stimuli participants will be in virtual reality, and during some stimuli participants will not be in VR. Sometimes participants will receive two brief stimuli at the same time.

During VR, participants will put their cyberhand into a bowl of animated water and will place virtual objects in the bowl and stir the virtual water. Participants will also receive several brief thermal heat stimulations at a temperature of their choice (sometimes one stimulus, sometimes two simultaneous stimuli). During some of the stimuli participants will be in virtual reality, and some stimuli will not be in VR.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain Acute

Interventions

Virtual Reality distractionBEHAVIORAL

Participants goes into an immersive virtual reality during a brief painful stimulus

No Virtual RealityBEHAVIORAL

Participant receives a brief thermal stimulus during no treatment

One brief pain stimulusBEHAVIORAL

patient receives one brief pain stimulus with no simultaneous second stimulus

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria:Inclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool * Able to read, write and comprehend English * Able to complete study measures * Willing to follow our UW approved instructions * 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * People how have already previously participated in this same study (e.g., last quarter) are not eligible to participate again. * Not enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool * Not be able to read, write and comprehend English * Younger than 18 years of age. * Not capable of completing measures * Not capable of indicating pain intensity, * Not capable of filling out study measures, * Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness,

Locations (1)

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

worst pain during one stimulus vs during two simultaneous stimuli

graphic rating scale of worst pain intensity measured after one brief thermal pain stimuli, minimum = 0, maximum = 10, and measured again after two simultaenous thermal pain stimuli. In both cases, higher scores mean worse outcome

Time frame: measured immediately after each pain stimulus

Secondary Outcomes

worst pain during No VR vs worst pain during Virtual Reality

graphic rating scale of worst pain intensity measured after one brief thermal pain stimulus with no VR, minimum = 0, maximum = 10, and measured again after one thermal pain stimuli during virtual reality. In both cases, higher scores mean worse outcome

Time frame: measured immediately after each pain stimulus

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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