Effect of Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Intracervical Balloon Placement for Artificial Childbirth Induction — VIRTUALMAG  

Labor Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effect of Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Intracervical Balloon Placement for Labor Induction: a Randomized Controlled Trial (VIRTUALMAG)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The labor induction concerns 22% of births in France. In the event of labor induction, in almost two thirds of cases, a cervical ripening method is used and the use of mechanical methods is observed for 8% of cervical ripening. Intra-cervical balloon placement is generally well tolerated but is frequently associated with pain and acute anxiety. There are few options for pain relief. Virtual reality, a relatively new intervention, has been studied as a distraction technique for pain relief, but never in the context of the induction of childbirth.

Clinical Trial Description

It's prospective single-center, randomized, single-blind, prospective study (1:1, 2 group randomization) comparing a group of patients who benefited from the use of the virtual reality headset to a group of patients who received standard care during balloon insertion. Two groups of patients will be formed: a "standard care" group and a "standard care + virtual reality" group.

The study will take place at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital Center in the gynecology-obstetrics department.

The principal objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a virtual reality helmet on the reduction of pain during the insertion of an intra-cervical balloon for childbirth induction versus the use of standard care. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delivery Problem
• Dystocia
• Labor Pain

• NCT number: NCT05155826
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2022
• Completion date: February 28, 2023