VRH Pain Reduction During Burn Wound Care and Physical Therapy

Burn Clinical Trial

— VRH  

Official title:

Testing Interactions to Adjunctive Pain Control Techniques

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00260221
• Other study ID #: 19635-B
• Secondary ID: R01GM042725
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 30, 2005
• Last updated: May 6, 2013
• Start date: January 2002
• Est. completion date: November 2011

Study information

• Verified date: March 2011
• Source: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

Description:

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is more effective relief of pain and anxiety during wound care procedures in burn-injured patients that are treated with Virtual Reality Hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestion.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 77
• Est. completion date: November 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age greater than or equal to 7 years

• 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:

• Age less than 7 years

• Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain

• Non-English-speaking

• Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder

• Unable to communicate verbally

• Significant developmental disability

• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burn

Intervention

Behavioral:
• using VR hypnosis/distraction and audio hypnosis
a between subject comparison using VR hypnosis and VR distraction and audio hypnosis for pain control

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)	National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Patterson DR, Tininenko JR, Schmidt AE, Sharar SR. Virtual reality hypnosis: a case report. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2004 Jan;52(1):27-38. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	we use GRS, VAS, McGill,and nurse GRS to measure the pain.		once a day	No