Virtual Reality for Post-operative Pain Management

Spinal Fusion Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual Reality for Pain Management in the Post-Operative Period Following Orthopedic Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03584776
• Other study ID #: STUDY00003725
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 30, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Use an RCT study design to measure pain experience, medication use, medical side effects, and length of hospital stay with and without availability of VR following spine fusion surgery

Description:

The purpose of this study is to prospectively assess the utility of virtual reality (VR) for pain and anxiety management in the post-operative period following major orthopedic surgery. While there is substantial evidence supporting the use of VR during dressing changes for burn victims, there is little known about VR use in post-surgical settings. In the proposed study, patients will be randomized to either receive VR in addition to standard of care or to receive only standard of care during their post-operative care following spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis or neuromuscular scoliosis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient is having a spinal fusion at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
• Patient with a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) or a diagnosis of neuromuscular scoliosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-English speaking parents/patients
• Patients with history of motion sickness
• Patients with epilepsy
• Patients with a ventricular shunt
• Patients with severe/profound cognitive impairments

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Fusion

Intervention

Device:
• Virtual Reality
Participants randomized to the VR condition will experience an an immersive guided relaxation VR experience during research visits in the post-operative period. They will also have the opportunity to choose additional VR games and relaxation experiences during their inpatient stay.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare	Saint Paul	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Timing of pain medication	Timing of morphine equivalent opioids (mg/kg/day) and adjunctive medications (e.g., Tylenol, Diazepam, Propofol, Midazolam, etc.; mg/kg/day).This will be collected retrospectively from the patient medical record following the conclusion of treatment.	4 days
Primary	Doses of pain medication	Doses of morphine equivalent opioids (mg/kg/day) and adjunctive medications (e.g., Tylenol, Diazepam, Propofol, Midazolam, etc.; mg/kg/day).This will be collected retrospectively from the patient medical record following the conclusion of treatment.	4 days
Secondary	Parents' Postoperative Pain Measure	The Parents' Postoperative Pain Measure (PPPM-SF) is a measure of pain-related behavioral changes. The PPPM-SF is 10 question yes/no scale, covering functional interference (5 items) and pain behaviors (5 items) and asks parents to compare the child's behaviors with their typical behavior. Each score of "yes" is counted as 1-point, yielding a total score of 0-10 (higher scores indicating higher pain intensity). Parents will complete this measure daily until their child is discharged from the hospital.	4 days
Secondary	Faces Pain Scale-Revised	The Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) will be used to assess pain intensity in the post-operative period (for 1-6 days, depending on the length of inpatient stay) for the purposes of this study. The FPS-R will be used to assess pain intensity (faces indicating 0-10 pain scale, 0 face indicating no pain, 10 equals very much pain) "right now" and will be completed by the patient and parent (when present) at the beginning of each daily research visit for both the VR and non-VR groups. The VR group will complete the FPS-R again following the research facilitated VR session. For consistency purposes, parents will also be asked to report their perception of the patient's pain using the FPS-R.	4 days
Secondary	Visual analogue scale	A visual analogue scale (VAS) will be used to quantify multiple aspects of the treatment experience expected to be impacted by the use of VR. The VAS will be a 10 cm 0-100 scale (0 indicating no pain, 100 indicating very much pain), will be completed once per day by both the VR and non-VR groups, and will reflect the past 24 hour period. Participants and their parents in the VR condition will complete the VAS a second time each day following the research facilitated VR experience (second VAS will reflect the past 15 minutes). The VAS will assess the following: patient anxiety; parent anxiety; patient and parent time spent thinking about pain; pain unpleasantness; average pain rating; pain rating right now; worst pain rating; least pain rating; engagement during VR (VR group only); and satisfaction with pain management.	4 days
Secondary	Length of stay	Length of inpatient stay following surgery (collected from medical record)	4 days
Secondary	Pain assessment scores	Nursing pain assessment scores (collected from medical record)	4 days
Secondary	Time patient out of bed	Duration of time from surgery to patient out of bed and walking (collected from medical record).	4 days