Virtual Reality Relaxation for Addiction Inpatients

Addiction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Virtual Reality Relaxation at an Adolescent Addiction Inpatient Ward: A Single-arm Pilot Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Suspended

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04293978
• Other study ID #: Virtuella Lugna rummet
• Status: Suspended
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Karolinska Institutet
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This trial examines the immediate session effect of Virtual Reality (VR) relaxation, when used at an addiction inpatient ward for adolescents.

Description:

Past research has revealed that Virtual Reality nature environments can be used to induce relaxation, yet this type of intervention has not yet been evaluated in a clinical setting. This trial examines whether VR relaxation can be used as a digital equivalent of a (physical) comfort room at an an addiction inpatient ward for adolescents.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Suspended
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient at Maria Ungdom inpatient ward.
• Sufficient grasp of Swedish to understand terms of study participation and intervention instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported stereoscopic vision or balance problems hindering VR experience.
• Self-reported history of repeated violent outbursts when using technology.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Addiction
• Behavior, Addictive

Intervention

Behavioral:
• CalmPlace
Self-contained VR application allowing the user to build and custom a relaxation session, with options to vary session length (9-20 minutes), music/sound, relaxation exercises, and specific nature environment (three available) including time of day and events (e.g. rain). Delivered using an Oculus Go devices in kiosk-mode.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Maria Ungdom Heldygnsvård	Stockholm

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet	Stockholm University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (1)

Lindner P, Miloff A, Hamilton W, Carlbring P. The Potential of Consumer-Targeted Virtual Reality Relaxation Applications: Descriptive Usage, Uptake and Application Performance Statistics for a First-Generation Application. Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 4;10:132. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00132. eCollection 2019. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in general well-being	Rated 0-100 using a visual analogue scale with smiley-type anchors (higher score is better outcome).	Change from baseline (start of session) to immediately after the intervention